PETER Andre has revealed a strict parenting rule for his youngest kids as he insists ‘the dangers are so real’.
The Mysterious Girl singer has five children; son Junior and daughter Princess with his first wife Katie Price, and younger children Amelia, Theo and Arabella with second wife, Emily.
While Junior, 20, and Princess, 18, have grown up in the spotlight both have large followings on social media, Peter and Emily have kept the lives of their younger children much more private, and don’t show their faces on social media.
So it may not come as a surprise to Peter’s fans that he agrees with Australia‘s decision to ban teenagers under the age of 16 from using social media.
Peter, who grew up in Australia and whose parents still live there, wrote in his latest New! Magazine column: “Australia has implemented their social media ban for under 16s, and it’s great.
“When people ask me if it’s a contradiction that I’ve had my kids on social media, we have to remember that when social media first started, we were all new to it. We didn’t know the pitfalls of it.
“Now, we’re seeing what AI can do; that’s why our youngest children are not on it.
“I fully support the ban. I know that’s not what kids under 16 want to hear, but it will do them so much good.”
He concluded: “I hope the rest of the world catches on. The dangers are so real.”
On December 10, the Australian Government required social media platforms to deactivate accounts of users under the age of 16.
The platforms – including Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat among others – must then take “reasonable steps” to prevent people under 16 from holding an account or face a fine of up to $49.5m (£24.5m).
While Peter and Emily reside in the UK, they do visit his family in Australia, and if they lived there, the ban would apply to all three of their youngest children.
Meanwhile Princess recently opened up exclusively to The Sun about her ITV reality show, The Princess Diaries, which has landed a second series.
She said: “I feel like I’m stepping into adulthood now, and that’s what series two will be more about.
“It is still following my life and everything that I do and everything on there is natural and what my life really is like.
“I’m used to the cameras following me around now, and nothing will be guarded or held back, because there’s nothing that I need to hide.”
