<div>This week, Vicki and Geraldine talk about screen time and other guilt-inducing aspects of family life online.</div><div><br/></div><div>Talking points:</div><div><br/></div><div>Why is play not seen as play when it’s online?</div><div>Is it just that the technology’s new?</div><div>Has parenting itself changed in ways that make parents feel more guilty?</div><div>Why do parents feel they’re mainly - even solely - responsible for what their children get up to online?</div><div>Is &apos;safety tech&apos; going to solve the problems of feeling out of control?</div><div>Can legislation help to take away some parental guilt?</div>

8: What kind of world will children face, and how can we prepare them?

Welcome to ‘Tech Shock’ – the new podcast from Parent Zone! Vicki Shotbolt and Geraldine Bedell are your hosts, looking at how digital technology is affecting family life.  They’ll help explain its mysteries to parents, teachers, professionals and policymakers; looking at whether streaming platforms are encouraging young people to make porn, whether online lives are creating a generation of gamblers and whether there are too many men on the internet.  So subscribe now, rate the podcast, and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Monday morning for a new episode of ‘Tech Shock – from Parent Zone’.