Céline Géraud, edited by Laura Laplaud 07:58, September 05, 2022
For all parents, it's a daily battle: teenagers facing screens.
A love story that sometimes turns to obsession.
On average, children have their first mobile phone at the age of 10 but a question arises: how to control their use?
How to make them aware of the dangers?
Europe 1 reveals the tools that exist.
At each start of the school year, the same dilemma comes up: should you give a smartphone to your child who is entering 6th grade?
Currently, the average age of mobile phone access is 10 years old.
But faced with the social networks on which they wish to register like TikTok, how to control their consumption and how to make them aware of the dangers of the Internet?
There are solutions.
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Install parental controls
Starting with parental control applications, such as Family Link, which allows parents to locate their child, to set the time of use of the device, but also to lock access to adult sites.
For more permissive parents, another application exists: a secure space for tailor-made digital coaching where we empower schoolchildren.
The application is downloaded by both the child and the parents, the idea being to support and empower rather than prohibit.
"For a 6th grade student, we offer him a coach who will allow him to learn how to manage his digital uses and his screen time himself. Once he has the right reflexes, the right attitude, he will keep this advice throughout his life", explains Grégory Véré, founder of Xooloo.
Opt for the "Internet Without Fear" program
National Education has also launched the "Internet Sans Fear" program with the hashtag "#BienvenueLes6e".
An awareness program where you will find "more than 100 free resources and practical advice to support young people aged 6 to 18" but also parents and teachers "in their digital lives and the use of screens".
#BienvenueLes6e
A national operation to raise awareness of #DigitalUses of @BetterInternetF for students returning to #6th grade, their #teachers and their #parents
https://t.co/noMPBIMUv3@axelledesaint@audranlebaron@richardgalinpic.twitter .com/K9RmpbJCKs
— Digital Education (@Edu_Num) September 1, 2022
Teachers will also be called upon to offer workshops to new middle school students for a better mastery of digital tools.