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If you’re a cricket fan, Australia might be a unclean phrase in your family proper now. But the Aussie authorities has simply finished one thing which could simply change the world for the higher for everybody.

Its Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024, which got here into pressure final week, bans anybody beneath the age of 16 from accessing social media accounts. This one transfer will liberate youngsters, giving them extra free time to work together “IRL” (In Real Life, as the children say) and enhance their well-being.

Disturbing analysis exhibits that women specifically really feel extra depressed and have poor self-image after spending time on social media. And it’s a vicious cycle, as a result of youngsters who have already got melancholy or anxiousness spend extra time than their wholesome friends on social media.

And with this Bill, no baby will dread being the one one in school with out entry to social media, as a result of everybody beneath 16 is in the identical boat. So I hope our flesh pressers are watching intently.

But it’s not solely youngsters and teenagers who would profit from these sensible Australia-style restrictions being launched in Britain.

Adults are simply as responsible of utilizing social media an excessive amount of. If your youngsters see you consistently in your telephone, they may wish to do the identical. So this season, make your Christmas present to your self a Digital Detox.

Set the intention for much less screen-time and extra human-to-human interplay, and you’ll be astonished at how your temper lifts and your sense of wellbeing is enhanced.