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I tend to agree with Ms Claire Perry, we are not talking about having a peep in their private diary here, today's technology promps special measures.
I tend to agree with Ms Claire Perry, we are not talking about having a peep in their private diary here, today's technology promps special measures.
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some things i agree others I dont.
Unfortunately i dont think she knows what the phrase "tipping point" means
we reached that many years ago with the erosion of things like discipline and introducung rights for everybody and anything etc etc.
the PC brigade has sleepwalked into this and there is no going back.
The non-stop pushing and breaking of the boundaries by the "meedjia" .
sex etc is all over the place, nearly everything is sexualised or sexed up.
if I looked at my kids texts and emails etc etc , theyd soon find a way round it so its not worth it.
Being at a private board its hard to keep an eye on what they are up to any way we just just keep an eye open for any unusual behaviour when they are home every other weekend from school
From me to C. Perryr "Good luck with that !"
she hasnt got a hope in hells chance of changing anything that will make any difference.
Unfortunately i dont think she knows what the phrase "tipping point" means
we reached that many years ago with the erosion of things like discipline and introducung rights for everybody and anything etc etc.
the PC brigade has sleepwalked into this and there is no going back.
The non-stop pushing and breaking of the boundaries by the "meedjia" .
sex etc is all over the place, nearly everything is sexualised or sexed up.
if I looked at my kids texts and emails etc etc , theyd soon find a way round it so its not worth it.
Being at a private board its hard to keep an eye on what they are up to any way we just just keep an eye open for any unusual behaviour when they are home every other weekend from school
From me to C. Perryr "Good luck with that !"
she hasnt got a hope in hells chance of changing anything that will make any difference.
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The problem that many parents will have (specifically parents of teenagers), is that they will they will always be one step behind.
A teenager will know exactly how to delete the browser history on their laptop. And those who have text messages they want to keep secret will download and install 'Hide My Text' (if they have an Android phone).
It's a good idea for the family laptop to be placed in the living room, or some other family communal area...but mobile phones (specifically smartphones) introduce a bigger problem.
I believe there are a number of manufacturers who sell 'locked down' mobiles for younger children which are preloaded with a set of numbers and can be used for emergencies, which seems like a good idea, because apart from calling a few friends, grandparents and mum/dad, why would a seven year old really need a phone?
The problem that many parents will have (specifically parents of teenagers), is that they will they will always be one step behind.
A teenager will know exactly how to delete the browser history on their laptop. And those who have text messages they want to keep secret will download and install 'Hide My Text' (if they have an Android phone).
It's a good idea for the family laptop to be placed in the living room, or some other family communal area...but mobile phones (specifically smartphones) introduce a bigger problem.
I believe there are a number of manufacturers who sell 'locked down' mobiles for younger children which are preloaded with a set of numbers and can be used for emergencies, which seems like a good idea, because apart from calling a few friends, grandparents and mum/dad, why would a seven year old really need a phone?
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/// because apart from calling a few friends, grandparents and mum/dad, why would a seven year old really need a phone? ///
I think that that is all part of the problem, mobiles these days are very really used by the young to phone people, no it's texts, a camera and access to the internet.
Can you just imagine the kind of things that traverse the playground from one phone to another?
/// because apart from calling a few friends, grandparents and mum/dad, why would a seven year old really need a phone? ///
I think that that is all part of the problem, mobiles these days are very really used by the young to phone people, no it's texts, a camera and access to the internet.
Can you just imagine the kind of things that traverse the playground from one phone to another?
Yes they did monitor and yes, we as kids, found ways around it. It is just more efficient and easier to do it now.
This does not mean parent should not monitor. If you think your child would not do anything, just watch documentaries on murderes. Most people associated never realize the killer is amongst them, they believe they are good people.
Not saying everyone's child is going to be a murderer of course jus that you really dont know and it only takes one mistake to a paedophile for it all to end in disaster.
This does not mean parent should not monitor. If you think your child would not do anything, just watch documentaries on murderes. Most people associated never realize the killer is amongst them, they believe they are good people.
Not saying everyone's child is going to be a murderer of course jus that you really dont know and it only takes one mistake to a paedophile for it all to end in disaster.
In 1976 when I was 12, I would be secretly listening to the Sex Pistols. My parents would not have aporoved, but in that instance they were wrong.
10 years earlier than that, and kids would be reading Lady Chatterley and Oz.
In 1986 it was Viz.
Youths have always seeked out such material. The problem is that now it is far easier for them to do so and the material available is far more explicit and dangerous.
10 years earlier than that, and kids would be reading Lady Chatterley and Oz.
In 1986 it was Viz.
Youths have always seeked out such material. The problem is that now it is far easier for them to do so and the material available is far more explicit and dangerous.
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Can you just imagine the kind of things that traverse the playground from one phone to another?"
Yes, I can. I've grown up with it.
Honestly? I really don't believe that the internet has the kind of effect on kids that people think it does. I'm hugely skeptical of the scare stories that have been coarsing through the media on this matter - I remember one example last year where headline was something along the lines of 'internet porn turned my child into a sex offender.'
Much as I appreciate that parenting must be very difficult, particularly when faced with an uncertain influence such as the web, I simply do not believe these stories, and I would be willing to bet money on a large number of them being faked or at least grossly exaggerated.
Children are not the innocent, sweet, precious little things that we think they are. They are violent, manipulative, sneaky, and often quite ruthless. I'm not convinced that the kind of material that some adults would call 'shocking' actually creates anything in a child that is not already there.
I do have some sympathy with Perry's points, though, simply because I think the internet has made "grooming" by malevolent adults much, much, much easier than it was before. It's still pretty rare, don't get me wrong, but it's also much easier, and young kids aren't as savvy when it comes to social networking (e.g. in what circumstances you shouldn't agree to meet someone you met online) as older folks are.
Can you just imagine the kind of things that traverse the playground from one phone to another?"
Yes, I can. I've grown up with it.
Honestly? I really don't believe that the internet has the kind of effect on kids that people think it does. I'm hugely skeptical of the scare stories that have been coarsing through the media on this matter - I remember one example last year where headline was something along the lines of 'internet porn turned my child into a sex offender.'
Much as I appreciate that parenting must be very difficult, particularly when faced with an uncertain influence such as the web, I simply do not believe these stories, and I would be willing to bet money on a large number of them being faked or at least grossly exaggerated.
Children are not the innocent, sweet, precious little things that we think they are. They are violent, manipulative, sneaky, and often quite ruthless. I'm not convinced that the kind of material that some adults would call 'shocking' actually creates anything in a child that is not already there.
I do have some sympathy with Perry's points, though, simply because I think the internet has made "grooming" by malevolent adults much, much, much easier than it was before. It's still pretty rare, don't get me wrong, but it's also much easier, and young kids aren't as savvy when it comes to social networking (e.g. in what circumstances you shouldn't agree to meet someone you met online) as older folks are.
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