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| Wednesday, 23 January 2008 |
| Because no one ever killed themselves before the internet... |
File this under 'oh puhleez:
[The mother of one of the victims] warned parents to keep a close eye on their children's internet use. She said: "I think the problem is they do not know how to speak like adults about serious issues like this. They can speak to each other on the computer but do not know how to express their emotions in other ways."
"Thomas would spend about three hours a night on the computer, talking to his friends. The thing is that most parents don't understand what they are doing or what they are talking about.
Any teenager who's ever tried to talk to their parents about depression or suicide will know just how impossible it is. Spying on internet use is just going to exacerbate the problem. As for the copper in charge:
"There is a growing trend for young people to communicate through telephone text messaging and also over the internet whether it's email or within chat room forums."
There is a growing trend for young people to communicate, so how about duck taping their mouths and chopping their fingers off at birth?
Or maybe we could address this problem in a more realistic way?Labels: mental health |
| posted @ 10:41 |
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