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Can We Live Without Our Phones?

What happens when smartphones are taken away from kids for a week? With the help of two families and lots of remote cameras, Panorama finds out.

What happens when smartphones are taken away from kids for a week? With the help of two families and lots of remote cameras, Panorama finds out. Do they talk to their parents more, sleep better, or miss out on vital conversations with friends and the chance to discover something new?

With calls for smartphones to be banned for children, Marianna Spring speaks to parents, teenagers and social media company insiders to investigate whether the content pushed to their feeds is harming them.

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Sun 8 Sep 2024 20:30
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Reporter Marianna Spring
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Editor Karen Wightman
Producer Joseph McAuley
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