A high proportion of eight to 12-year-olds are allowed to use phones and other smart devices unsupervised in their bedrooms, according to new research.
The survey of over 2,000 primary school children by online safety charity CyberSafeKids is being released to mark Safer Internet Day.
Almost a third of children surveyed said they had been bothered or upset by something they had experienced online in the last year, but only half of them spoke to a parent or trusted adult about it.
“We’ve long seen a trend in our survey data highlighting a disconnect between children and their parents about what children are doing online,” said CyberSafeKids CEO Alex…