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Sara Chatwin: When should you let your kids get a smartphone

Publish Date
Sat, 24 Jan 2026, 6:07pm
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Sara Chatwin: When should you let your kids get a smartphone

Publish Date
Sat, 24 Jan 2026, 6:07pm

One of the hottest topics of the modern era is kids and smartphones. As we've seen more of the what the internet can do (for better or worse) they seem like an essential part of life. Wallet, Keys, Phone, that's what you always keep on you. 

A first phone is typically only for texting mum and dad, so why do you need a device that has the capability for so much more? 

Child Psychologist Sara Chatwin joins Tim Beveridge to give her advice on when to let kids get their own devices and how to manage them.

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