Two-thirds of kids aged 7 to 9 use smartphones daily: Survey

Many use social media and a third of parents do not know who their children talk to online

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Two-thirds of children aged seven to nine in Singapore use smartphones every day, and are active on social media.

More than 40 per cent of them have their own Facebook accounts, while a quarter are on Instagram.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 08, 2021, with the headline Two-thirds of kids aged 7 to 9 use smartphones daily: Survey. Subscribe