Where do children usage smartphones outside their parents' control?

One of the main characters of the affair, utilizing his popularity, made contact with teenagers and then sent them ambiguous messages, described in item his erotic dreams, whose girls were heroes, complimented their sexual appearance. It is besides known that the next phase of acquaintance was meetings during which the influencer invited the girls to his flat or hotel.

Other members of the manufacture besides asked teenagers for nude photos or sent them pictures of their intimate parts. And even if there was no direct contact, even watching public videos on YouTube was dangerous.

The content that the creators put there was absolutely inadequate to make it available to specified young audiences – clearly sexualized photos, inextricable comments, sexual hints aimed at teenagers.

How did these girls' parents let their daughters get active in this kind of relationship?

Of course, you'd like to put everything on the line of parental negligence, deficiency of mindfulness, possibly dysfunction in the girls' families.

Unfortunately, the fact is much more violent. A pedophile can become an idol of youth these days.

Also our children – those we care about – effort to rise them as best as possible, defend them from dangers.

Let's bear in head that this is simply a young generation, these are the people who were born erstwhile the net was already ubiquitous. The virtual planet is, for most of them, the natural "environment of existence", which penetrates the real planet inextricably.

And it must be said clearly: the gateway to this planet is mainly their smartphones. Laptops or even desktops are obsolete for them.

According to the NASK study Teenagers 3.0 as many as 92% of young people indicate that it is on their smartphones that most frequently usage the Internet.

And it was on the smartphones that Pandora gate played! This is how children watch specified content (for example, they usage smartphones to indicate in the aforementioned study 41% of them), insta stories (short videos published on social media) are recorded by telephones, and on their smartphones children talk through communicators to people who, as in this case, may be... pedophiles.

Children live in a planet that, despite best wishes, we will never full control. due to the fact that the full world, with all its dangers, can carry in a backpack or pocket enclosed in 1 tiny device.

Of course, parents who are more aware of making mobile devices available to their kid will make certain to set up appropriate locks and restrictions and establish rules for utilizing them.

But let us not fool ourselves – children in this planet frequently decision more efficiently than we do. And even if they can't get past the blockades, it's adequate that... they go to school.

And you may now think that this does not concern your children, due to the fact that they are well-bred and know the rules. They will not take part in a dangerous challenge to get the “duck” on social networking sites. They will not see as stupid and demoralizing content as those made available by these youtubers. And I'm certain they're not gonna look for pornography due to the fact that they're blocked on the phone. But do their friends have specified a blockade?

This is what schools look like today: young people spend breaks frequently looking at phones, sharing different content, showing each another comic videos or alleged memes. But besides patostreams and pornography.

And while we as adults are able to control to any degree what our kids do on the telephone erstwhile they're at home, we lose that chance completely erstwhile they spend time at school.

Teachers do not have specified opportunities. First of all, it's just impossible with so many people. Secondly, teachers do not have the right to check what children do on their mobile devices. In fact, they have no response.

That is why we have been calling for months to change this: we want to regulate the usage of smartphones and another mobile devices in schools in Poland! I have asked you respective times to aid me in this crucial matter. present I make this request again – if you have not yet done so, Please sign our petition on the School withoutSmartfonow.pl website.

Please besides encourage friends, loved ones, to make this a problem for your parents in the class of your children or neighbors.

I know that our actions in this case have quite a few reluctance. Many parents inactive do not realize that children usage their smartphones not only to contact their mom or dad or to learn or have innocent fun. They do not accept that by handing the kid a telephone with net access, they open up to him the vastness of the virtual world, which unfortunately has pages as dark as many adults have never dreamed of.

We are besides frequently accused that erstwhile we ban the usage of smartphones in schools we want to bring back Polish children "to the mediate Ages". So I will ask: are there countries like France, Greece, the Netherlands or Australia in this "medieval"? The rules in force there restrict the usage of telephones in schools by children. large Britain can shortly join specified places.

I very much hope that the future Polish government will besides address this issue and decide to regulate it at national level. But whether this happens depends mostly on our voice – afraid parents, grandparents, educators.

What happened – and inactive happens – in the context of revealing disgusting influencer practices should be the last informing bell for all of us.

Children lured into the virtual planet by a blitz, popularity of their idols, fell into the snare of pedophiles. What started on the screen in the virtual planet ended in completely real harm.

I look forward to your commitment and warmly greet you.