{"id":375899,"date":"2025-12-28T11:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/375899\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T11:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:06:24","slug":"clare-technology-expert-advises-parents-to-limit-technology-access-over-christmas-to-protect-kids-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/375899\/","title":{"rendered":"Clare Technology Expert Advises Parents To Limit Technology Access Over Christmas To Protect Kids Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Clare technology expert is advising parents to limit their kids access to technology for prolonged stints to protect their mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Phones, tablets and games consoles will be among the most received gifts for children this year.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Clarke Browne from Munster Business in Shannon says parents should try to prevent their kids from using these devices on their own in their rooms for extended periods.<\/p>\n<p>He claims, weather permitting, children should be encouraged to spend as much time outside as possible.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the full interview here:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Clare technology expert is advising parents to limit their kids access to technology for prolonged stints to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,137,514,515],"class_list":{"0":"post-375899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}