Majority of children feel they spend too much time online

Majority of children feel they spend too much time online

While boys continue to spend more time gaming than any other online activity across primary (56%) and secondary school (36%), the survey found that social media is the dominant online activity for secondary school-aged girls (55%).

More than two-thirds (67%) of secondary school-aged children and half (51%) of primary school-aged children feel that they spend too much time online, a new survey has found.

The survey carried out by online safety charity CyberSafeKids involved more than 5,000 primary and secondary school-aged children.

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