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Wendy Syfret Freelance writer October 5, 2025 — 7.00pm

As a parent, teacher and someone who is constantly wrestling with their screen time, I’m sufficiently anxious about how our brains are being twisted and warped by algorithms, AI, digital charlatans and other clickbait terrors.

At work and at home, I do my best to try to embed digital literacy skills and barriers. My daughter’s YouTube account is so locked down she can pretty much only access phonics tutorials. I regularly interrupt classes to lecture my students about how influencers are financially incentivised to keep them outraged, scared and scrolling.

When I meet people and mention that I’m a teacher and relatively new parent, they want to know, how fried are kids to

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