Understanding what happens
inside our children's phones

Cyberbullying, social media, data sovereignty, new regulations: we unpack what parents actually need to know β€” without scaremongering, and without pretending everything is fine.

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Children's addiction: Meta agrees to pay up to $18 billion

Two hours a day, a midnight curfew, alerts for parents: the deal signed on 26 August with 52 US attorneys general is the heaviest ever reached on protecting minors online. What it really changes β€” and what it leaves intact.

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A child's data leaves the European ring of stars towards distant servers Sovereignty

Digital sovereignty: why it matters for your child too

The CLOUD Act, the GDPR, where data is hosted… Behind the cold vocabulary lies a very concrete question: who is allowed to look at the messages your child sends tonight β€” and who gets to write the rules?

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A pre-teen girl looking at her phone on the sofa Social media

Snapchat, the number one app for 11-14s: what parents need to know

Disappearing messages, a live location map, streaks to keep alive every single day. Why the app wins over secondary school pupils, what risks it really creates, and six settings to check this weekend.

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Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham of the series Adolescence at the 2026 BAFTAs Analysis

"Adolescence": what the Netflix series really tells us about our children

66 million views, a rollout in British secondary schools, and a πŸ’― emoji no parent reads the same way any more. What the series gets right, what it exaggerates, and the questions worth asking your teenager.

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A messaging app built for 8-14 year olds

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