Kate Winslet bans social media usage in the home to protect family life
Actress Kate Winslet has revealed she has banned all use of social media in her home in an effort to protect her children from the ‘huge problem’ of pressure associated with seeking validation on networking platforms.
Winslet, who has three children of her own, explained: “It has a huge impact on young women's self-esteem, because all they ever do is design themselves for people to like them. And what comes along with that? Eating disorders. And that makes my blood boil. And is the reason we don't have any social media in our house."
Speaking to the Sunday Times Winslet also spoke out against the pernicious impact of smartphones and tablets, warning that increased time spent on digital devices was eroding traditional family life.
Exhorting other parents to follow her lead Winslet added: “Let your kids climb trees. Take the device out their hand. Play Monopoly!”
Whilst wishing to avoid being seen as ‘another celebrity on a soapbox’ Winslet went on to state: “You go to a cafe and grown-ups are at one end of the table and children the other, on devices, not looking up.
"They go into a world and parents let them ... it takes every member of a family to be a member, and there are too many interruptions these days - and devices are a huge interruption.
"Long car journeys? What happened to good old-fashioned I-Spy?”