Social Media Ban Leaves Addicted Children Facing Cold Turkey

A mother from Tamworth has warned that the Government's upcoming social media ban for under-16s will trigger severe withdrawal symptoms in addicted children, as her 10-year-old daughter currently spends five hours a day watching make-up videos. Lucy Bryan supports the spring 2027 ban to protect childhood innocence but insists the state must provide support structures to help parents manage the inevitable digital detox crisis.

How Has Social Media Stolen Childhood Innocence?

We have sleepwalked into a cultural disaster. Lucy Bryan, a 39-year-old beauty therapist from Staffordshire, handed her daughter Lois a tablet at age three and a phone at age eight. Today, at just ten years old, Lois spends up to five hours daily consumed by make-up tutorials on YouTube. The result is a disturbingly premature adultification. Lois now refuses to leave the house without contour, foundation and concealer, telling her mother she looks