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Originally Posted by peanut
Can any parent control the use of a teenagers usage of the internet? They are glued to their phones, it's the norm these days.
That along with they'll never say the truth, or they could just find it hard to talk to anyone. What can parents really do? Saying that, when you read about what this girl was up to online and for how long those questions do need to be asked.
(From the Guardian).. "The darker side of Molly’s online life overwhelmed her. Of 16,300 pieces of content saved, liked or shared by Molly on Instagram in the six months before she died, 2,100 were related to suicide, self-harm and depression. She last used her iPhone to access Instagram on the day of her death, at 12.45am. Two minutes before, she had saved an image on the platform that carried a depression-related slogan.
It was on Instagram – the photo-, image- and video-sharing app – that Molly viewed some of the most disturbing pieces of content, including a montage of graphic videos containing clips relating to suicide, depression and self-harm set to music. Some videos contained scenes drawn from film and TV, including 13 Reasons Why, a US drama about a teenager’s suicide that contained episodes rated 15 or 18 in the UK. In total, Molly watched 138 videos that contained suicide and self-harm content, sometimes “bingeing” on them in batches including one session on 11 November."
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...n-social-media
The facts are you can't discipline children anymore. And parents are now weaker than ever that leaves them to accommodate their children way too much. That along with what's sociably acceptable such as teenagers and phones now go hand in hand etc. Also it's a sad fact that children are mollycoddled and no long equiped to deal with the real world. |
You can control access on phones quite easily as I’ve show repeatedly either via parental controls on home internet connections or by specific SIM or hardware.
. It requires a level of effort and in some instances money.
You can discipline children, again it requires a level of parental effort and it would appear now that appeasing a child is more important than being firm yet fair with them
If a parent gives their child a mobile device OR allows them to purchase one then it’s ultimately the parents responsibility to ensure that the child uses the device in a safe and responsible manner. The end. Anything else is pure testiculation