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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
But the whole point of taking steps to protect children is for those parents who don't take appropriate action to protect their children from online harm, and these children need protecting too.
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But how far do you erode the freedoms of others to protect children whose parents (care givers) are neglecting their duty? Do you ban cars because children whose parents haven't taught them not to play on/near the road could be killed? (This is beyond the duty of drivers to be aware of the conditions.)
If parents don't properly and fully train their children because they can't be bothered, isn't that a form of neglect? As always we need to differentiate between those who can't and those who won't.
Children do not need a smart phone, or even a phone at all. Do not give them one and if you must make it a member of a family group where you lock it down and limit it to suit your rules. Do they need their own computer? We gave our refurbished Lenovo laptops with Linux, they could do all they needed to up to the end of school (then my daughter needed Windows for 6th form to run Adobe) and they couldn't install stuff likely to break it.