Ten percent of teenagers have suffered cyber-harassment and one in three have suffered digital violence in partner relationships

UNICEFE offers a clean picture of a hyperconnected  generation Childhood, adolescence and digital well-being. Researchfrom the point of view of health, coexistence and social responsibility : immersed in social networks with many hours of consumption, more aware of the dangers of the Internet but not facing major emotional and cohabitation challenges.

It has been the largest study carried out worldwide, with the voice of almost 100,000 children and adolescents in the Spanish State, thousands in the ACV and Navarre. From the age of10 (FP 5) to the age of 18 (Baccalaureate). Red.es, UNICEF Spain, the University of Santiago de Compostela and the General Council of Professional Colleges of Computer Engineering have participated in the research.

Four years ago, the report set the age of access to the first cell phone at 10 "96 years. In the 2025 study, the average age is 10"00A0age.

The presence of the mobile phone begins to become apparent in the final years of primary school: at 10 years old, 41% of children have their own mobile phone and at 12 years old 76%.

Teenagers are registered on social mediaon a massive scale: % 92.5 participates in at least one social network and 75.8% in three or more. Even in the last grades of primary school, 78.3% already have a presence in some network.

The problematic use of networks has consequences.

Almost 9% of boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 20 spend more than five hours a day on social networks every week, reaching almost 20% on weekends. Gor 5.7% can make problematic use of social networks 5.7 7.7% 7.7\A00.0

This intensive use is accompanied by greater anxiety, worse quality of life and greater controlof the digital media , harassment and/or partner relationships.   "One in three young people who have a partner declares that they have been harassed/u00A025, 10, 10, cyber harassment, and one in three young people who have a partner.

The use of adults influences the use of children and young people

The way adults use mobile phones and the introduction of technology  rules or not has an impact on online risk behaviors by teenagers, according to the study. For example, the children of parents who use mobile phones at lunchtime are those who spend more than 5 hours on social media on weekends (24.6%), while the number of children of parents who do not use mobile phones after lunch is 17.9%.

The same is true of consensual pornography ( 27.5% vs 34.3%), or the acceptance of unknown 00A00 in networks ( 31.6- 0.% 0.3 03), the more inappropriate the use of the networks by the parents is.

Sexual harassment and pornography

The impact of technology on children and adolescents\u00Accordingto the report , there has been progress in responsible use compared to the latest report, and although some online risks have been reduced  – hala such as the decline of sexting, contact with strangers or the use of mobile phones in the classroom –  risks still exist:

 % 58.4% of respondents have spoken to unknown people on the A0 network, 25.1% have received messages of a sexual nature and almost 9% have pressure to send photos or videos of an erotic or sexual nature.