Alarming Study Finds 25% Of Children Aged 3-4 Own Smart Phones

A study by the government’s communications regulator in the UK has found that a quarter of children aged just 3-4 years old own smart phones.

Yes, you read that correctly, 25% of children barely older than toddler age have an i-Phone or similar device.

In fact, the study by Ofcom found that a quarter of all children under the age of 7 have a smart device, an increase of around 5 percent in one year.

📲Quarter of under sevens own a smartphone amid surge in social media use https://t.co/mC4aU31NsK

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) April 18, 2024

The data for children younger than 7 was provided by their parents, so the real number could be much higher if some parents chose to be liberal with the truth.