Corrie’s Catherine Tyldesley says ‘kids are suffering’ as she issues heartbreaking plea

Former star Catherine Tyldesley has called on a ban on phones in all schools saying “children are suffering” because of technology.

The 41-year-old mum of two, best known for playing Eva Price in the long running soap, was compelled to speak out after watching Matt and ‘ documentary Swiped: the School That Banned Smartphones. In it the husband and wife presenting team challenged a group of Year eight pupils at the Stanway School in Colchester to give up their smartphones completely for 21 days.

Taking to Catherine, who can currently be seen in ‘s The Good Ship Murder wrote to her 626,000 followers: “I urge you all to watch #Swiped @channel4 …Regardless of whether you have children or not.

“This program is for anyone that has a mobile phone. I also urge you to read ‘The Four Pillar Plan’ by @drchatterjee (life changing in the best ways)

“Technology is a wonderful thing. But this is a very different world to the one I grew up in and our children our suffering. This brilliant documentary lead by the wonderful @emmawillisofficial and @mattjwillis helps us to understand phone addiction,” she said.

“You may not THINK you have an addiction to your phone … but watch this show… you’ll be surprised.

“It saddened me to see that some children are spending as long as SIX hours a day on their phones ?????????????????? Creating anxiety, depression, severe lack of social skills and far worse.

“Why is that these platforms are all too happy to ‘Censor’ someone that talks about holistic medicine or the truth about what goes into our food chains/sprayed onto our crops and yet they allow children to be exposed to pornography and ‘suicide challanges’ ???? ????????????‍♀️??????

“Something is VERY wrong with this world. We MUST stand together to make a change. The things our kids are being exposed to are incredibly scary, even with (and I use this term extremely loosely) ‘Parental Control’ settings,” she wrote.

“The saddest part in all of this is that these young people are not ‘present’ , never ‘in the moment’ . Days are flying by and they’re completely unaware. They’re experiencing NOTHING (aside from anxiety, and short dopamine hits now and again).”

“We see so many children now completely inactive, overweight, dead behind the eyes… soulless little zombies with their little heads stuck in their phones.

“It is my belief that phones should be banned in ALL schools. For the greater good of the human race,” she said.

She concluded by praising the filmmakers writing: “Well done @channel4 for another brilliant documentary and Thankyou @emmawillisofficial and @mattjwillis for sharing your personal journey as parents and individuals.”