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"Why should any parent delay giving their child a smartphone?"

Manx Newscast

Thursday, 22 October 2026 - 12 minutes

A parent group on the Isle of Man calling for others to delay giving their children smartphones says its numbers are growing rapidly.

What started out as a Facebook group known as 'Delay Smartphones - IOM' has now joined forces with a UK movement known as Smartphone Free Childhood.

It asks parents to sign a pact; to not give their child a smartphone until the age of 14, and social media until they're 16.

In this edition of the Manx Radio Newscast, Lewis Foster speaks to John Bolton of Smartphone Free Childhood Isle of Man.