development so they've decided to test out phones that have no access to the internet. 0ur reporter, joanne writtleosed with huge mobile phones. but no—one was glued to screens. in fact, their phones didn't even have screens, they were purely for making calls. imagine that! fast forward to today and ten—year—old twins imogen and toby and their pals are going retro. they have feature phones which are basically a smaller version of the old brick phone with no access to the internet. we can call and text loads and it's really good. there are games and you can call and you can text, but there isn't any internet. at first, ijust generally didn't want one because i thought everyone was going to make fun of me. everyone is going to think i'm just weird for having one. at first, i was a bit, like, - really angry at mum but now i really like it as now basically all my- friends have one. when i found out that my friends got one, that made me happy because i knew i could... i said to my mum, "0h, can i have one?" and she was like, "sure." so, instead of scrolling through social media, they spend more time pla

our reporter, joanne writtle has been to meet them. text loads and it's really good. there are games and you can call and you can text, but there isn't any internet. at first, ijust generally didn't want one because i thought everyone was going to make fun of me. everyone is going to think i'm just weird for having one. at first, i was a bit, like, i really angry at mum but now i really like it as now basically all my- friends have one. when i found out that my friends got one, that made me happy because i knew i could... i said to my mum, "0h, can i have one?" and she was like, "sure." so, instead of scrolling through social media, they spend more time playing at home in shrewsbury. their parents are part of a growing movement called smartphone free childhood. this movement is not aboutjudging parents who have made decisions in the past when they didn't have enough information available to them. harry has a feature phone and it's worth about £50. rather than an iphone which is six or £700. the group wants parents to sign a pact not to

our reporter, joanne writtle has been to meet them.this movement is not aboutjudging parents who have made decisions in the past when they didn't have enough information available to them. harry has a feature phone and it's worth about £50. rather than an iphone which is six or £700. the group wants parents to sign a pact not to buy their children smartphones until they are 1a. there are more than 120,000 members across the country. you don't want them to be bullied for not having a smartphone, but, at the same time, you don't want to expose them to all of the risks that come with smartphones. it is the exposure to harmful content, it is the addictive element of smartphones. the children here are happy with their internet free—phones, but tess admits the reaction wasn't great initially. because nobody else had a feature phone at that time and it was, "mum, "it's not fair." her hope is that simpler phones will become a social norm for children under 1a. we can speak now to tom bennett, who's a behaviour advisor for the department for ed