In the digital ages.

The article discusses the 2017 Mobile Consumer Survey, nearly 88% of Australians are smartphone users with an alarming uptake of 95% among the younger market. According to Australian cyber-safety expert Leonie Smith, about 50% of Year 3 and 4 students own a smartphone, with that number leaping up to 70% for Year 5 before hitting 85% in Year 6. Smith also discusses the need to set clear boundaries for mobile phone uses like limits on screen time or a no-phones-in-bed policy.