The minister for education has been urged to control mobile use in primary schools, with concerns raised about exposure to unsuitable material and the impact on children's development.
The minister for education has been urged to control mobile use in primary schools , with one parent saying they were like a ‘pacifier’ for impressionable children, and another claiming they were bombarding kids with pornography and other unsuitable material . Amid a high-profile public debate over phone usage, Norma Foley received more than two dozen pieces of correspondence from concerned parents, political colleagues, teachers, and school principals about use of mobiles by kids.
In one, a psychotherapist said she was deeply concerned about how her young children would grow up in a world where they would be exposed to highly sexualised material online from as early as five or six years of age. An email said: “What is the government plan to protect our children from this terrible threat? This country has a bad record when it comes to protection of women and children.” Another parent pleaded for the department to “give our kids back their childhood,” saying their access to smartphones needed to be curtaile
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