If you have a child in primary school, you may not be expecting to help them manage romantic relationships. Surely this is an issue for the high school years? While young children do not ...

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so no children will be able to bring a smartphone into school." Gemma Thelwell, head of school for Key Stage 1 at Dorridge Primary, said smartphones were an issue the school saw on a daily basis ...

Psychologist Erik Erikson has also suggested children aged 5–12 are at a stage where they seek approval from adults and peers (approval from friends becomes even more important in high school).