Catherine O'Mahony: Off Message
Should we be concerned about children and social media?
I hate to write another parenting column (I dislike the fact that we even have a verb called “parenting”), but a piece of research has caught my eye that just can’t be ignored.
A survey was published the other week showing – to the media’s general apparent surprise – that children between eight and 15 were “increasingly trusting” of information they found online.
Furthermore, the study by Ofcom said, children were often unable ...