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Originally Posted by zing
What are the Education Authority likely to do about it? I do not condone letting children go online to young but when the child is at home with their parents its sod all to do with the school or the EA
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Say you've got a 10/11 year old daughter, who without your knowledge has a facebook account.
Wouldn't you want to be informed of this so you can decide whether she should keep it, and if so how much supervision she should have, or if she should have it closed down.
If you're already aware that your child has an account, then presumably you're happy with the amount of supervision they have while using it. I'm 100% certain that you Zing, as with many parents we know on this forum, would not allow their children to have a facebook account or similar without being satisfied they were being kept safe.
So if you recieved the letter, it'd go straight into the recycling because you are a responsible parent who's tech savy.
Many parents are responsible, but they don't understand the internet or the dangers, so cannot put the protection in place that others would do automatically.
It also depends on how well the letter is worded, if it's just "your kid has a facebook account and is under 12, this is wrong, you're a bad parent" then it's not going to go down well.
If however it said "We're writing to inform you that little Timmy has a facebook account, this is against facebook's terms and conditions as they are under 12. The internet can be a source of useful information, however it can also be a dangerous place, especially to children. Here is brief list of steps which can be taken to help keep your child safe on the internet..." then I'd imagine that'd go down much better.
However, with LEAs, chances are the former will be the style :P