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Should children be allowed to have mobile phones at the Christmas dinner table?
A survey of 2,009 UK adults found 48% of parents will permit phones at Christmas dinner, with 34% reporting distractions, raising concerns about social media’s impact on family time.
- This year, a More in Common survey for Yondr found 48% of UK parents, including 634 parents of 0 to 18-year-olds, will allow phones at the Christmas Day 2025 dinner table.
- Rising device use is evident from Ofcom data showing children aged eight to 14 spend nearly three hours online daily, often using mobile phones and social media late into the night.
- The poll also found 38% of adults say smartphones disrupted their festive season and 34% of parents with children under 18 said devices distracted people at Christmas dinner.
- Ofcom's latest report shows 72% of teens use social media to connect and 69% for wellbeing, while 7 in 10 have seen harmful content and 64% of people who report or block content.
- Last week, Australia implemented a social media ban for under-16s, Minister for digital economy Baroness Lloyd of Effra said Labour is `closely monitoring` the approach, and Ofcom tweeted related data on December 10, 2025.
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Should children be allowed to have mobile phones at the Christmas dinner table?
Nearly half of parents in the UK have said they will allow their children to have mobile phones at the Christmas dinner table this year
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