According to the 2019 Childwise Monitor report, based on survey responses of more than 2,000 five- to 16-year-olds in the UK, children are increasingly using their connected devices.
It finds that five- to-seven-year-olds spend an average of an hour- and a-half per day online, while older children spend 2.8 hours – an increase on last year.
Almost all five- to-seven-year-olds have a family computer at home, and three in four of them have their own computer, which for three in five is a tablet device. Three in ten children in this age group have their own mobile phone.
The Childwise Monitor report, which looks at children’s media consumption, purchasing, social habits and behaviour, finds however that as children age, they are more likely to say they want to ‘unplug’. Three in ten 15- to- 16-year-olds said they would like to spend more time disconnected from the internet and social media. Older children also reported feeling lonelier.
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