Do you regret giving your child a smartphone?

We ask people in Birmingham

Transcript

00:00I think my son, my son didn't have a smartphone until he brought his own when he'd left school.

00:07I do think, I mean even now you can buy pushchairs with a slot in to put an iPad in for babies.

00:15I just think that's ridiculous.

00:17I'm sure people are going to be getting round-shouldered because they're looking down at their phones.

00:23Well, you know, I'm an educator so I've got quite a few concerns when it comes to the amount of screen time.

00:30I think if it's used from an educational standpoint, great.

00:34But there's a lot of, you see people walking around the streets just constantly on them, looking down.

00:39I think there's going to be, in years to come, there's going to be a negative impact on structurally how we are as human beings.

00:46Walking with our heads constantly down and using our hands in a different way.

00:52So I think it's got its pros, I think from an educational standpoint, sometimes entertainment is really good.

00:57But I think there's just a lot of overuse.