Mum Mind Podcast: 'I see boys dropping out of sport at the age of 12 because of their online lives'

A new podcast series about keeping children safe online aims to empower parents to know what to do, and say, to promote sensible screen use.

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When parents talk to Bethan O’Riordan about their child’s online life, two issues unfailingly come up. First, there’s a sense of going around in circles, of never really getting anywhere.

“Parents say ‘I ask my child to come off their device, they say no, and a huge argument ensues. I take the device away … and then I give it back. Nothing gets resolved’,” says psychotherapist O’Riordan, who specialises in parenting issues.