TV hosts Emma and Matt Willis have been left "worried and scared" and want to see more safeguards in place for children around smartphones - after taking part in a pioneering social experiment. In their new Channel 4 documentary Swiped they tackle the timely issue of the impact of smartphones on children’s behaviour. Matt and Emma join forces with The Stanway School in Colchester and challenge a group of Year 8 pupils – and themselves – to give up their smartphones completely for 21 days. The children, some of whom spent five hours a day on their mobiles, initially struggle without their devices that they are addicted to. But they sleep better and are seen on screen more alert in class with some also having less anxiety. Emma and Matt also investigate just what young children have access to on their phones including scenes of violence and hardcore pornography which shocks them. They speak to Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology , about trying to bring about change, including a possible ban on smart phones for under 14s and now want the series to spark a nationwide conversation. Emma told the Mirror : "You only go into something like this if it speaks to you and you want to help shift the needle. All you ever really want is to keep kids safe and I hope this can make a little change in some way, a small part in a bigger thing that keeps them safe online." Posing as 13 year olds on TikTok with new phones they got sent suicide content and violence against women within 4 hours of starting scrolling on a new account. Shocked Emma says: "It’s just not what I thought it would was. I know you hear stories about what can be found on there but finding and searching for something is very different from it being served to you the first time you go on there as a 13 year old." Matt later says some of the things kids have access to on their phones is "terrifying". Matt added ahead of the experiment: "it’s how much time our kids spend on their smart phones that got us worried. I think we’ve signed up to this experiment because we’re living it. We’re going through it with our kids and we have no idea how to navigate this. We’re worried, we’re scared, everything we’re seeing is negative, but we don’t know how to stop it. "Our daughter was 11 when she got a smart phone, it’s been the biggest disruptor between us and her, I feel like I lose her to it quite a bit. I miss her. I remember sitting on the couch once, the TV was playing and we were all on our phone. I was like, ‘This is not good’." The experiment has now brought about change in their own home where they are parents to three children; Isabelle, 15, Ace , 13, and Trixie, 8. Now, mobiles are charged downstairs, not in bedrooms, and their children hand them over so they spend some family time together from 8pm. The Voice host Emma, 48, has deleted instagram from her phone and only looks at it on an iPad. Their youngest child does not yet have a phone and is now unlikely to get a smart phone for a number of years. Emma said: "Our kids first had a phone when they were at secondary school, it feels like everyone has one and they want one. There are times when I definitely feel like I’ve lost them. Personally for me, I wished I’d never given them a smart phone. Our eldest, even now, and we’re a bit scared of her on this subject, which is terrible really because she’s a lovely kid. We never allow them to have social media. Then when she was 14 she had been begging for a long time and we were like, you can have Snapchat. And she’s literally on it all the time. "The one thing that we really want to get out of this experiment is that we really hope that it will get the ball rolling and change will begin. Because I think what we all want is that for our kids to be able to be in the tech world from the right age, but be absolutely safe within it. If we can all kind of put that pressure on, hopefully we can make positive change." Musician Matt, 41, is a recovering drug addict and so has fought addiction before. He said: "I used to belittle it in my head. But when I think about it, I am addicted to my phone. When I'm without it I crave it. I act the same way about this device as I have about substances in the past." He added: "When I think about the idea of a smartphone ban to the age of 14, I think that's a very wise decision. We are exposing them to so much stuff that they can't process or they shouldn't be seeing, and we are allowing that to happen. The Government can't turn a blind eye to this anymore. You've got to look at this and go, this is a massive problem." Further results from the landmark tests, conducted in conjunction with The University of York, will be released later this week. MP Kyle said changes were coming in regarding online safety next Summer but tells the programme a ban on smart phones for under 14s was not the "right way forward" at the moment. However, several doctors speaking on the programme say from what they have witnesses in clinics, giving young children phones has been a disaster in recent years. * Swiped: The School That Banned Smartphones starts on Channel 4 on Wednesday at 8pm and will be available to stream from Wednesday. Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads .The clash between these two European heavyweights promises to be a spectacle for football fans around the world, with both teams boasting quality and depth in their respective squads. 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