Teenage girls are missing out on formative social activities and sports because they are addicted to their phones, a study found.
Two in five 15-year-old girls said they hardly ever leave their bedroom except to go to school, while one in five now spends no evenings out with friends during a typical week.
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) found that more than 250,000 15-year-olds in total across England now spend most of their time in their room.
That’s a 50 per cent increase across both sexes since 2002.
One Year 8 girl told researchers: ‘Since I got my new phone I don’t want to
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