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Article: Green Time not Screen Time

Reading this you might be a partway into the summer break. Weather might be a mixed bag, and devices might have run out of charge mid scroll. I’m Charlotte…

20th Nov 2025

Article: How to move towards a smartphone free childhood

This article summarises the Nip in the Bud Podcast on how to move towards a smartphone free childhood and focuses on the pressures felt by children, parents…

Bullying Anxiety Online Harm

20th May 2025

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Nip in the Bud

Nip in the Bud® was set up to encourage awareness about mental health disorders in children. These relatively common problems which begin in childhood and adolescence can have wide-ranging and long-lasting effects, affecting a child’s relationships, their educational attainment and job opportunities. If left untreated, they could also develop into serious mental and physical health problems and have significant economic and social costs, not just to the individuals and their families, but later in life to the health and criminal justice system too. With early intervention things can be very different.