Alicia Kellett:

As someone who got a phone at 11, I definitely think, as Mia said, it impacted on my mental health a lot. Thanks to my mam, I had an app that would lock it at a certain time. I had three hours of screen time until I was 13, and it also locked at 9 p.m. If I went to a shopping centre near where I live, the phone showed my exact location and I could not turn it off. If my phone's battery died or I lost it, my mam would still know where I was. I thank her a lot because without all of this, it would have impacted my mental health and definitely my physical health a lot more than it did.

Many children are now up till 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. scrolling on their phones. As a teenager, I am definitely one of those. I do not think primary school children should have phones until sixth class. As Mia said, nowadays they are very unaware of the dangers of social media and what to do and what to expect. The thought of freedom for these kids, and having the social media they have, pushes them to push the boundaries with their parents and perhaps break some regulations. Even going back to the topic of pornography, they do not know about this or expect it. I will not name social media sites, but people could try to text you and speak to you. Because you are so young, you do not expect what they are saying and you tell them what to do. They could be older than you and you think that an adult has more power than a child so they could take advantage of the child.