Lot of woke nonsense on here when a slap and a warning it’ll be worse if they answer back is all that’s required for society to function. We ruled half the world when it was like this before political correctness went mad.
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Yeah, I agree with that.
I think the best parent/child relationships come from having good communication and fostering an environment where your kid respects the fact that you are the parent, and sometimes you do know best.
The funniest thing about this imo is that loads of kids apparently use Youtube to study and now you are banning them from the site
There's a balancing act and it's not straightforward - you don't want your kid to miss out by being the only one in the class / group without access to stuff etc ... but then there is the parental responsibility to protect from the many negative, and sometimes brutal, aspects ...
We only let ours have mobile phones when they went to secondary schools and also monitored what they were being used for - way more difficult with the better tech phones they subsequently got, admittedly.
Oh boo ****ing hoo. Read a book ffs.
Don't see how they'll stop that tbf anyway, it's accessible without an account.
My original plan was smart phone at 15 but depending what comes of this might wait til 16.
If it was up to me I’d ban the 21st Century altogether. Go back to vinyl records, independent bookshops, and letting off bangers on buses. The days when everyone smoked including kids, and we were all healthier for it. <cough>
Central heating and double glazing has bred a nation of spineless whiners imo
Central heating and double glazing has bred a nation of spineless whiners imo
This is what I mean. It’s a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
There has got to be better ways to manage online content for kids rather than just banning it all
I think it was more a case of finding him a shoe box on the porch with a note attached.
I don't know what the answer is and I moderate this site, and just can't think how they would manage a ban. Older kids are tech savvy and will always find a way around it - it's like knowing all the cheat codes on games, they pride themselves on it.
I don't agree with the time restraints, that has to be down to parents, not government, like telling the kids what time to go to bed, that's your job as a parent to set the ground rules - if they don't they don't, it's not for nanny state to intefere in that. You can give the guidance but that's all it should be.
I think a lot of it depends on the kid as well.
My daughter has a smart phone. She’s had it since she started secondary school.
We chat together as a family about what she uses it for, what apps and content she’s viewing etc. I don’t physically check her phone, but I think/hope we have an understanding based on trust that she uses it appropriately
That said, I’ve no doubt there have been times she’s seen stuff that Id rather she didn’t. Then again, is that part of growing up and working out the world around you ?
Our generation used to find porno mags in the bushes. Set up a camp and go there and smoke ***s lol
And having said all of that, I think there are kids who probably shouldn’t have access to any of it, (smart phones not porno mags) because they either don’t respect the boundaries, aren’t mature enough to deal with what they are viewing, don’t have the ability to self regulate or would be psychologically traumatised by what they are consuming/ or susceptible to online bullying etc.
It’s not an easy landscape to navigate and ultimately i think it should come down to the parents to decide.