Home Mobile version About spiked What is spiked? Support spiked spiked shop Contact us Advertising Summer school Top issues Abortion Arab uprisings British politics Economy Environment For Europe, Against the EU Free speech Nudge Obesity Obituaries Occupy protests Parents and kids Population The Stephen Lawrence case USA View all issues...  Letters  Review of Books  Monthly archive selected authors Duleep Allirajah Daniel Ben-Ami Tim Black Jennie Bristow Sean Collins Dr Michael Fitzpatrick Frank Furedi Helene Guldberg Patrick Hayes Mick Hume Rob Lyons Brendan O’Neill Nathalie Rothschild James Woudhuysen more authors... RSS feed		debate Whether texting, talking or being tracked by worried parents, young people live in a mobile-connected world. How are new technologies re-shaping the boundaries between childhood and adulthood? And who should set the boundaries - teenagers, parents, governments or companies? (This debate is now closed and is a read-only archive.) 6 Nov 2006 Kids have no wish to view rubbish George Kidd 1 Nov 2006 Enabling people to help themselves Will Gardner 23 Oct 2006 What’s changed? Lesley 19 Oct 2006 No need to worry- children are stingy too! Jane Vincent 18 Oct 2006 More innovation is needed, not less Martyn Perks 16 Oct 2006 A form of social engineering Cllr. Roy Pennington 16 Oct 2006 The ‘experts’ should stand aside Dave Clements 2 Oct 2006 Don’t ‘just say no’ Dr Gail Bradbrook 29 Sep 2006 Mobiles may affect the health of pre-teens Alan Meyer 28 Sep 2006 Cyberspace IS the real world Richard Brown 28 Sep 2006 Should an age limit be set? Linda Goreham 28 Sep 2006 A parental responsibility Chris Aldous 28 Sep 2006 The setting of boundaries should be a joint effort Jeff Gallant 27 Sep 2006 Pay as You Go provides a part solution Peter Cole 27 Sep 2006 Restriction on dialling could be a solution Darren Jackson 27 Sep 2006 Mobile phones and radiation Denis Fernando 27 Sep 2006 Freedom… within guidelines Cllr Eileen Hales MBE 27 Sep 2006 The government should set boundaries Rodney Stewart 27 Sep 2006 Children’s mobile use should be monitored- but by whom? Paul Kenny 27 Sep 2006 Mobiles can also bring peace of mind Brian Ramsy 26 Sep 2006 Parents should decide Taner Kilicarslan 26 Sep 2006 Getting the msg Nina Bryna 26 Sep 2006 Use of mobiles should be taught in school Professor Chris Todd 26 Sep 2006 Worrying about mobiles is a waste of time Bill Durodie 25 Sep 2006 Kids are more at ease communicating remotely David Norman 68 per cent of Australian parents stated they knew where their children were at all times because the child had a mobile. In the same study, 77 per cent could remember at least one occasion when they needed to contact the child urgently, but were unable to. Read on: Read the report [pdf] Debate home The debate Ed Mayo National Consumer Council Jennie Bristow Freelance writer John Carr Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety Jonny Shipp O2 View the list of responses Useful resources O2 corporate responsibility report 2005/06 UK code of practice for the self-regulation of new forms of content on mobiles, February 2004 [pdf] O2 leaflets: Bullying on mobile phones [pdf] What your child's mobile can do [pdf] Sensible use of camera phones [pdf] Safe use of mobile chatrooms [pdf] Helping children deal with nuisance calls [pdf] Protecting your child against crime [pdf]
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