My book, Screensaver: A judgement free guide to your child’s first smartphone is a friendly, authoritative, reassuring guide to your family's smartphone journey.

'Extremely helpful and practical'

Professor Sheila the Baroness Hollins, Founder and Chair of Beyond Words

Is your child ready for a smartphone?
And are you ready to let them have one?

With so much negative attention surrounding smartphones, it's harder than ever to know when to give your child a phone - and how to support them when you do. Blending expertise with non-judgemental advice, Screensaver helps parents prepare for this modern milestone, addressing topics including:

- The right time to get a phone
- Choosing a phone and parental controls
- Open communication and tricky topics
- Finding a healthy balance

I believe that the impact of smartphones on young people is possibly the defining challenge of this generation. I also believe that how a child uses a smartphone is just as important as when they get one, which is why Screensaver is about empowering parents to make feel-good decisions for and with their child in the digital world.

Screensaver was inspired by my podcast project, Childhood Heroes, which explored how childhood has changed over a generation, and led me to undertake a prestigious Churchill Fellowship research trip to Silicon Valley and California for a month in Spring 2024. My mission was to investigate how the ‘tech bros’ raise their own children and learn what they already know about the impact of smartphones on young people's mental health. I visited schools and met diverse experts from young people and parents to educators, youth workers, academics, authors and campaigners.

In this book I share everything you need to know to safely navigate your kids through ‘the smartphone years’, so that they thrive, not merely survive.

My workshops for schools, organisations and parent groups are packed with fascinating facts from my Silicon Valley research, and practical support from the book. I pride myself on creating a safe, friendly environment where everyone is welcome and there is no such thing as a silly question.

'That talk was so brilliant - it should be on the NHS!'

(Secondary School parent)

I am also available for press enquiries, interviews, blogs or articles on related topics, having hosted my own podcast, written a Substack blog, and contributed to articles in the national press, including The Times newspaper.