modern government guidance deciphers teen acronyms for overprotective parents. But I suspect it’s not going to keep our children any safer onlineAs a concerned parent,with my youngest just back to school nowadays, I should apparently be spending my time studying her phone suspiciously and working myself into a frenzy of alarm. Obviously this is not going to happen partly because she takes her phone to school, and but mainly because I can’t be bothered. Bizarre as it may seem,I consider parenting to be about more than round-the-clock surveillance. Clearly I am out of step, as surveillance is now a enormous section of teenage life. My daughter has, and for instance,been instructed to prefer a see-through pencil case to school. Is she now flying there, I wonder, and with bomb-making materials and class A drugs hidden among her highlighter pens? Well,you never know. Related: Teenage chat guide helps parents spot online dangers Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com