graham59 Posted November 8 Posted November 8 Banning all phones from school premises would be a good start. Childrens' mobile phone use/addiction is becoming a major problem for the whole of humanity, IMO. We (society) need to wake up and do something about this. There has to be more to life for the current generation, than endless hours of 'gaming', and posting to social media. As for banning under 16s....it would be more beneficial to ALL, if the powers that be, and the media platform providers, used some of their billions to go after the PREDATORS ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettGC Posted November 8 Posted November 8 I was just watching the Aussie news and the PM stated they're going to include gaming lobbies on phones, PS, XBox, Switch and PC. Most, if not all, online games have these lobbies and live chat in game. Single player games are fine but any game that is multi-player or even potentially multi-player is going to be hit so Fortnite, Call of Duty and even Minecraft etc for example. Youtube is also in the crosshairs but not Youtube Kids (it's highly moderated). Basically they're trying to stop any online discourse between anyone under the age of 16 for fear of "toxicity" and cyber-bullying. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettGC Posted November 8 Posted November 8 5 minutes ago, graham59 said: Banning all phones from school premises would be a good start. Phones are already banned in Australian classrooms but are allowed in the schoolyard. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham59 Posted November 8 Posted November 8 Well, schoolyard should definitely be included then. Whatever happened to face to face social interraction... as we enjoyed, during 'break time' ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffH Posted November 8 Posted November 8 (edited) The simplest way would be to ban smart phone use by those under 16 years of age, make them age restricted products like alcohol and tobacco. Allow under 16 the use of feature phones (Dumb phones) only. School staff (or Police) see a young person drinking they can ask for ID, that'd work for SMART phone use also. It'd work in first world countries anyway, not so much here 😆 Edited November 8 by GeoffH 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Mike J Posted November 9 Forum Support Posted November 9 On 11/8/2024 at 10:48 AM, GeoffH said: The simplest way would be to ban smart phone use by those under 16 years of age, make them age restricted products like alcohol and tobacco. Agree but there would be lawsuits about "taking away parental rights" etc. I just don't see any type of ban working. As other members have posted, and I am sure you agree, it is a parental reasonability to monitor and restrict time/content for kids. But many adults, at least here in the Philippines, are just as bad as kids. How many times have we seen clerks viewing smart phones instead of waiting on customers. Maybe employers AND the schools need to have the phones turned in when reporting to school/work hours? Get them back when they leave for the day and/or at lunch and breaks. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffH Posted November 10 Posted November 10 15 hours ago, Mike J said: Get them back when they leave for the day and/or at lunch and breaks. The kids school doesn't allow phones in class already 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettGC Posted November 10 Posted November 10 15 hours ago, Mike J said: But many adults, at least here in the Philippines, are just as bad as kids. It's just as bad with the adults in many of our home countries now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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