{"id":2649,"date":"2024-02-19T09:03:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T09:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/19\/out-of-control-60-of-australian-parents-and-carers-surveyed-say-social-media-is-their-biggest-concern-for-kids-10\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T09:03:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T09:03:56","slug":"out-of-control-60-of-australian-parents-and-carers-surveyed-say-social-media-is-their-biggest-concern-for-kids-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/19\/out-of-control-60-of-australian-parents-and-carers-surveyed-say-social-media-is-their-biggest-concern-for-kids-10\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Out of control\u2019: 60% of Australian parents and carers surveyed say social media is their biggest concern for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experts say algorithm-based feeds are damaging young people\u2019s interpersonal skills and contributing to anxiety and depression<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2024\/feb\/19\/australia-news-live-wa-heatwave-nsw-school-asbestos-asylum-seekers-nauru-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jane\u2019s* 14-year-old daughter, Grace*, used to be able to sit through a movie with her but her addiction to social media and online games has meant her daughter no longer has the focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were watching Romeo and Juliet, the Baz Lurhmann one, and she really wanted to sit and watch that with me but she couldn\u2019t watch it to the end,\u201d Jane said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2024\/feb\/19\/out-of-control-60-of-parents-and-carers-surveyed-say-social-media-is-their-biggest-concern-for-kids\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts say algorithm-based feeds are damaging young people\u2019s interpersonal skills and contributing to anxiety and depression Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Jane\u2019s* 14-year-old daughter, Grace*, used to be able to sit through a movie with her but her addiction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}