'I just wanted to punch a wall' - Meet the family that said no to a mobile phone for their teenager
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"I’m a nearly 14-year-old girl in second year and I’m the only person my age I know without a phone. Some of my friends got a phone in fifth class, most got them in sixth class but even the strictest parents had given in by the start of first year."
"When writer Emily Hourican realised the terrible impact of giving a phone to her oldest child, she decided to ban her younger daughter, Bridget Crann, from owning one. Mother and daughter give their honest views on a thorny subject..."
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