Debate follows TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp’s decision to let 15-year-old make independent trip
One psychologist said Kirstie Allsopp had given her son the ‘gift’ of a fun, exciting and at times risky childhood.One psychologist said Kirstie Allsopp had given her son the ‘gift’ of a fun, exciting and at times risky childhood.
He said that most of the time “in the physical world, a 15-, 16-year-old is going to recognise if somebody poses ” but that “in the online world, they just don’t know who they are talking to, what their motives are”. Wood, who has led many children’s services departments, said he felt technology posed a greater threat for teenagers. “Where I think a lot of the risk is coming from is slightly different to taking a tour at 15. I think the social alienation of individual children by being glued to social media and games and things like that for me is an area that potentially does have quite an impact on their mental health or emotional health.
Dan O’Hare, an educational psychologist, said that children’s decreasing amounts of physical freedom and increased screen time had an impact on wellbeing.
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