SCREEN DAMAGE

Mums & dads worry about time kids spend on phones

- LIZZY BUCHAN and ASHLEY COWBURN

MORE than two-thirds of parents have noticed negative effects in their child if they spend too much time looking at screens, a poll shows.

The research comes after Rishi Sunak yesterday declined to give his backing to calls by the mum of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey for social media apps to be banned on smartphones for under-16s.

Nearly half of parents (49%) are concerned about the amount of time kids spend looking at phones and tablets, with 53% of children spending more than two hours a day in front of screens.