Until Ireland bans social media for kids, parents must lead the way

Government intervention would be welcome, but they're too busy cosying up to Big Tech 

Predators no longer lurk in playgrounds, they can talk to your child in their own bedroom.

Have you ever found yourself in a scroll stupor? The modern phenomenon of staring into the infinite vertical vortex of the black screen we carry in our pockets. ‘Just one more’, ‘just one more’, ‘hang on, didn’t I come into this room to do something?’ Be honest with yourself, you are addicted to your phone. 

So am I, we all are. You panic-pat your pockets when you don’t know where it is, you check it every 15 minutes for a new alert, you take it out at dinner during the two and a half minutes your partner goes to the toilet.