He believes that the introduction of smartphones has negatively impacted the mental development of young people.

“I saw as I say with my three sons that the Jonathan hate book about uh cell phones, you know, from 2010 when phones became smartphones, basically young people's brains started scrambling and they've carried on scrambling ever since.”

He believes children should not have access to smartphones until they are older.

“I genuinely don't think people should have phones until they're 16. They certainly shouldn't have.”

He recommends that parents should delay giving children access to smartphones and monitor their online activity.

“we're waiting to give our children phones until at least 8th grade, right? At least 8th grade. We want to monitor what they're seeing and what they're being filled with”