Technology cuts children off from adults, warns expert

Smartphones and social media mean today’s environment is complex for young people to negotiate. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAOne of the world’s foremost authorities on child mental health today warns that technology is threatening child development by disrupting the crucial learning relationship between adults and children.Peter Fonagy, professor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science at UCL, who has published more than 500 scientific papers and 19 books, warns that the di