A charter will urge parents not to allow their children access to smartphones & social media
Waterford is becoming the first county where every primary school will ask parents not give their children smartphones.
A charter will urge parents not to allow their children access to smartphones, social media and age-restricted games while in school.
It's over mounting concerns about cyberbullying and children becoming inactive by spending too much time on screens.
The Waterford initiative follows on from eight schools in Greystones in Wicklow which recently brought in a no-smartphone code.
Brian Barron, Principal of Portlaw National School in Waterford says phones are becoming a growing problem:
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