Paul Brislen: Telecommunications Forum Chief on survey finding only 10 percent believe a child is safer with a mobile phone than without one
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
June 27, 20223m 23s
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No time is a good time to give a child a phone.
A new Canstar survey shows only 10 percent believe a child is safer with a mobile phone than without one.
Meanwhile, 28 percent of people believing children should have one by the time they’re at high school.
Telecommunications Forum Chief Executive Paul Brislen told Kate Hawkesby it can depend on whether they do a sport or if they have to travel to school.
He says for example his youngest daughter needed a phone earlier than his oldest, due to her doing more activities outside of school.
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A new Canstar survey shows only 10 percent believe a child is safer with a mobile phone than without one.
Meanwhile, 28 percent of people believing children should have one by the time they’re at high school.
Telecommunications Forum Chief Executive Paul Brislen told Kate Hawkesby it can depend on whether they do a sport or if they have to travel to school.
He says for example his youngest daughter needed a phone earlier than his oldest, due to her doing more activities outside of school.
LISTEN ABOVE
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