Mobile phones, teens and social arrangements
My phone pinged at a rather awkward moment. It was a text message from a parent I was vaguely aware of, but I’d never met. It went something like this:
My phone pinged at a rather awkward moment. It was a text message from a parent I was vaguely aware of, but I’d never met. It went something like this:
If you have tweenagers or teenagers, you want to be able to stay in touch with them. What happens if their phone battery dies or they misplace their phone? There is a solution to this and it’s called 0800PHONEHOME.
I was recently having a discussion with someone about online safety and children. As any reader of this blog will know, it’s one of my favourite subjects. As we were chatting, I was asked if I felt social media platforms have a “moral duty” to stop youngsters accessing their services.
“When you have your own bedrooms,” said Mrs Adams to our daughters Helen and Izzy, “things are going to change.”
Living with a wife and two daughters, I am the only man in our household. Not that you needed telling this, the mathematics really isn’t too difficult.