Hi Catalin, Your comments don’t only apply to technology, from my discussions with schools the issue you raise is across the board.
Sent from my iPhone > On 23/04/2019, at 19:42, Catalin Dominte <[email protected]> wrote: > > If I may interject here slightly. As a father myself, what I noticed is that > quite a lot of parents are under the impression that education happens only > in school and after school clubs. Very few parents spend the required TIME to > educate their children and explain to them the responsibility and dangers of > the internet. > > This takes us back to a bit of a catch 22. If the parents are not doing much, > then the govt may feel like it's time to bring in some regulation to direct > things a bit. > > Again, as a parent I prefer to educate my own kids, and to make TIME for > this, rather than let the government and any other vendors out there have a > go at it. As a techie, I do enforce all sorts of filters and limits (and I > agree that it can be a challenge to get it right) but I also prefer to give > the kids a bit of a choice to they can understand what not to do as an > exercise for later on when I will not be able to enforce those limits. > > Also, seeing as the title is Parental Controls, I take it as my > responsibility as a parent first and foremost to make sure that what the > child does and sees on the internet is appropriate. > > > Catalin > > On 22/04/2019, 23:33, "uknof on behalf of Scott Weeks" > <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: > > > > --- [email protected] wrote: > From: Bill <[email protected]> > > We don’t need more rules and regulation we need more education. > ------------------------------------------------ > > > Yes! And this is where the gov't can help. They could create > public service announcements, work groups, etc to reach out to > the communities and help them to help their kids. > > scott
