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It’s important to educate primary and middle school students at an early stage about the detrimental effect of harmful websites, and make rules about using the Internet at each household.

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An official of the Tokyo metropolitan government. About 60% of parents who allow their children to have a smartphone are worried about them becoming addicted to the mobile device, according to a survey conducted by the Tokyo metropolitan government. (Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Anything "forbidden" just makes it more interesting...

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Nobody is coming to my house to "make rules." If parents weren't glued to their devices the children wouldn't be either.

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I really dislike these parents who put blocking software and software that allows their them to see what there children are doing with there smart phones. These Parents end up not having a honest and healthy relationship with offspring. These offspring will have a easy decision on when and where to place there parent in age care and when to visit them.

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If you create a consumer society, you cannot complain if people consume.

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I really dislike these parents who put blocking software and software that allows their them to see what there children are doing with there smart phones. These Parents end up not having a honest and healthy relationship with offspring.

John-san, so you object to parents preventing the kids from accessing "snuff porn" video sites using an internet access service THE PARENTS are paying good money for? How "healthy" is it for a child to be watching a video of someone getting murdered while being raped just so the murderer can get off on the victim's death spasms? An extreme and rare example to be sure, but entirely possible on the modern unrestricted internet. If parents don't restrict and monitor the child's online activity, WHO WILL? The child?!?

The schools I work at have computer labs and the elementary school computer labs spend part of each year teaching the classes about internet safety. But they could spend the ENTIRE year teaching it and the kids will ignore it once they get home because other things occupy their minds. The parents have to be the primary line of defense when it comes to their children safely using the internet.

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