Would you allow your childminder to have a scroll through social media when she is looking after your children?
Would you be worried that they might get too distracted?
This is apparently what is happening in a lot of families and now parents are taking matters into their own hands.
Parents know that minding little ones requires a lot of patience and concentration.
A study has shown alarming figures regarding how much we use our smartphones.
We check it approximately 28 times a day, which equates to more than 10,000 times a year.
That's got to interfere with supervising kids, doesn't it?
Babysitting agencies like Abbeville Nannies in south London and Kensington Nannies in west London have attempted to limit the amount of time that their nannies spend on social media by introducing regulations about phone use.
Kate Baker, co-founder of Abbeville Nannies, has said that parents are asking that smartphone clauses be added into the nanny contracts.
She said, ''it is about nannies and their attention straying.''
“[Parents are] saying, ‘We don’t want you to be texting your friends or being constantly on your phone while looking after the kids in the background.”
Is it a great idea or a bit ridiculous - what do you think?
