Comments on: Children to be Banned from Mobile Phones?

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:29:54 +0000

SO true. The cords are always ripped out & pasted with fugly Ads. It’s so disgusting to use.

By: pus2meong

pus2meong — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:49:46 +0000

In indonesia, using cell phone at scholl (elementary school, junior high, and senior high) is forbiden. Some school might allow them to bring it but they must turn it off during lesson time.

But i must admit, japanese politician really have nothing better to do with this matter XD

By: XSportSeeker

XSportSeeker — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:05:51 +0000

Useless.

People don’t need laws to forbid children of using cellphones all the time, they need education and culture.

It is a problem, yes. But cellphones can also be useful for security and other stuff.

I think schools should have ways of restricting the usage of cellphone in class and in school grounds to emergency only, yes.

But in the end, it all comes to educating those kids about it.

It’s a real problem, since even adults usually don’t know when to use. I’ve seen lots of adults that behave as kids about cellphone usage.

Making a law on this will hardly change anything.

By: Exiled_Gundam

Exiled_Gundam — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:42:59 +0000

In my country (Malaysia), elementary to high schoolers are already prohibited from using mobile phone in school. The reason is similar too (minus “before they go to bed”) plus the phone can be distracting during the class session. But the use of mobile phones outside of school is allowed, to prevent crimes (child abducting etc) plus many of our phone booths damaged by vandalism

By: Artefact

Artefact — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:37:51 +0000

I’d have to say that exactly the same sort of things could have been said about myself in school, except with respect to the Internet, so I’m a little cautious about condemning them - I’d take instead the position that they represent a new form of social organisation, which seems immoderate to those not so adapted.

By: kuromitsu

kuromitsu — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:15:08 +0000

Actually, this is not as outrageous as it sounds. Of course claims like “zomg they use their phones in school” and “christ, they send mails before going to bed” are ridiculous, but mobile phone addiction is an existing problem. I personally know a 13 year-old girl who actually gets anxious if she’s in a place where she needs to turn off her phone, and spends whole nights chatting, and my little brother tells me there are other kids like her in his school. I’ve heard of other similar cases, most recently in Spain. And psychological aspects aside, these kids are running up massive phone bills, spend fortunes (of their parents’ money) on new phones, etc.

Banning children outright from mobile phones is of course a rather extreme and stupid idea, but the problem exists and needs to be addressed in some way.