When I was in my teens I had a old phones, that could only text/call. No apps, no internet. God I miss the 90s!

@OhCrumbs96

5 ай бұрын

It's just not feasible now, though. It's not the 90s anymore.

@Ebilcake

5 ай бұрын

It's actually very easy to lock phones down to limit what they can access. There's no excuse for parents not knowing what their kids are doing online.

@femmebridal6710

5 ай бұрын

Yes, exactly. I had a phone with keys, no internet. We was perfectly fine, happy. Always outdoors, swimming, talking, laughing, being in the nature. That's what kids need back. All of them are on their phones nowadays. Comparing themselves, posting, being bullied, etc. Accessing these dark webs and content.

@garrieleepeck8753

5 ай бұрын

The 90es were great

@TheSuperPsychoKiller

5 ай бұрын

1990’s were better. Bullying was only at school not 24/7 online.

Children under 16 should not be given a smart phone at all. The only phone they should have is the equivalent of the Nokia 3310. That's it. I didn't get a phone until I was 16.

@m.o9820

5 ай бұрын

I know of 3 year olds that have had iPads as birthday presents.

@chrisgrindley4990

5 ай бұрын

@@m.o9820 that's messed up.

@dr.sbrule5817

5 ай бұрын

@@m.o9820 Its so sad. A life of exploration consumed by screens and its not just the addiction but the fact it will fundamentally mess with their dopamine reward systems. Expect a sharp rise in "depression" as kids have "no motivation"

@sayyestolife333

5 ай бұрын

I agree. But it's annoying af all the other parents buy them cell phones so you seem like the weird strict parent for getting them a simple one. If we all decided to say no it wouldn't be normalized anymore

@MIA80073

5 ай бұрын

Can’t track kids on a Nokia but you have a point, I fared well with my ‘brick’ phone, albeit some bullying. Phones are important for tracking crimes though, so there would have to be a balance of features and safety

I totally get this but it is completely unworkable. You would just create a black market of mobiles for kids

@peterlee584

5 ай бұрын

Exactly.

Another parent in terrible grief should not be used as an expert on social policy .I nevertheless agree that we should have protected our children from these new technologies even their eyesight is vulnerable let alone their psychological health.

No child needs a smart phone. We all existed find before mobile phones but now all the telephone boxes are defunct, a 'dumb' phone is a good idea. And don't forget whet the acronym 'smart' stands for - surveillance, monitoring and reporting technology. I'll stay surveillance free.

@MIA80073

5 ай бұрын

That’s fair and I respect that. I do rely on the phone for things such as googling routes if my transportation goes on diversion, ordering affordable cabs, having the school homework apps and online classrooms etc. too much relies on phones in this day and age to go cold turkey, in my opinion

unenforceable, it comes down to stronger parenting

This stuff will always exist. Parents need to put their foot down on their kids. They are caught on their xbox talking to potential threats, take away the xbox. They are caught doing the same on the phone, take their phone away. People might say thats wrong but its better than letting your kid get murdered. Also companies can add features that ensure parents must approve themselves the features and approve who friend requests etc.

Yes but there is parental controls on these devices and personally the government can’t take phones away from children/parents as they brought it

Heartbreaking stuff on so many levels. An evil abyss

The idea sounds ok but i don't know how you would enforce such a plan?

@johnross2924

5 ай бұрын

No credit card, no social media account?

@drno62

5 ай бұрын

@@johnross2924 There's no way I'm giving my financial details to Facebook or any of the rest

@neilgroves534

5 ай бұрын

@@johnross2924 Facebook is free as are many other social media accounts

Poor mum, what a brave women

100% Good idea !!! 👍🏻 in My Case just GET RID of social media Altogether !!! Facebook the LOT !!!

@Ebilcake

5 ай бұрын

The irony of posting on social media that we should get rid of social media. Social media comes in many different forms. The solution is for parents to actually be responsible parents and limit what their kids can access. It's not that difficult. Sitting your kids in front of the tv and letting them watch anything is irresponsible, getting them a tablet or phone with no limits is just insane.

@MIA80073

5 ай бұрын

@@Ebilcake thank you!

It's actually possible to be an involved parent that protects their children instead of running to nanny government guns to ban things.

@MIA80073

5 ай бұрын

All she could’ve done was ask who they were, and even then she probably only would’ve got a first name. It’s simply not realistic to get the parents to hold the brunt of all of this when it’s clear there was failure from the schools and other services involved with the murderers. Personally, I would still want to know who the kids are before my child were to ever go out with friends, but at 16, there’s less you can vet and monitor as opposed to an early teen

I agree I’m 22 and wish I had never had access to social media since the age of 12

Honestly, I think what needs to happen is like a social media segregation. Where kids can only access a social media that moderates their conversations. Perhaps they hire people to look up flagged messages. And if it looks like bullying, that young person gets suspended and their parent or guardians are sent a message and told that they were suspended for online bullying and send the parent a transcript of what has transactions that constituted bullying. So then the parents can assign appropriate punishment. And then the normal regular social medias are for 16 or 18 and up. Where you have to give ID for it.

The poor woman is devastated.

Yes we all have phones .the net . .but i believe life was so much .better .growing up .before smartphones the 80 90es great times ..sorry to both of the mothers

There are apps that hide what you are what you do on line x

How do we get behind this campaign of banning social apps for under 16's?

Kids nowdays are exposed to too many intoxications, busy parents emptiness and not filling their time in valuable activities that can build healthy personalities. Parents should fill the void that kids have and not to let them be predators to their pairs that might them selves have complications and are also vulnerable. Good and strong parenting is key. I wish all kids grow healthily and grow maturely.

HOW!!!!!!

I wonder if she managed to so quickly correct him when he said brianna because perhaps it was typed on the word prompt wrong and she saw it before he even read it out

@osulliae

5 ай бұрын

I'd say she's just used to his nonsense

Too late the horses have bolted

Under 16 buy only a phone with basic things.

Richard accuses Brianna of using the dark web , cringe.

@neeciiw7840

5 ай бұрын

Very cringe 😒

@andreagascoigne6735

4 ай бұрын

It was a genuine mistake - a slip of the tongue, that's all.

Teenagers suffering from technology, say non-teenagers.

Good idea!

Or she could've just been a parent herself instead of relying on the state to parent her child.

I agree with this idea. But when we want to ban disposable vapes people started saying that is nanny state statetism

@Adulthumanmale

5 ай бұрын

Ban disposable vapes and drive millions of young people to cigarettes great idea 😂

@dr.sbrule5817

5 ай бұрын

@@Adulthumanmale or buy actual vapes?

You cant ban social apps however you could look towards a tighter lock on access to sites and material for people under age. Had the parents of the killer actually controlled what the kid could access this may never have happened. Once she got the interest she became a time bomb. The fact she put in a long term effort to befriend Brianna means it was impossible to see the danger.

is it

Or how about parents taking some responsibility for their children and monitor what they are using.

@m.o9820

5 ай бұрын

I agree, but it’s easier said than done now that children can have access to the internet at anytime and wherever they are

@johnross2924

5 ай бұрын

Not that easy, imagine all those battles between teens and parents when the parents request free browsing of their teens phone and social media 🤣

Sounds like a good idea

This is the responsibility of the parent, stop trying to push parenting onto the government.

This video is a valuable addition to the discussion.

I got my 1st phone at 18. Was fine without it before

Vile images are easy to find why?

American English accent is considered to be the worst accent in the world but why British is trying to acquire it I don’t understand.

@Tribuneoftheplebs

5 ай бұрын

She probably grew up in America

@gopalashetty3592

5 ай бұрын

@@Tribuneoftheplebs make sense

@gavla3550

5 ай бұрын

If you actually took a moment to Google her, you will she is from America. What's her accent go to with anything anyway?

@thomasfy4

5 ай бұрын

@@Tribuneoftheplebsshe’s American, she moved to the UK with her husband

@Tribuneoftheplebs

5 ай бұрын

@@b.e.d.e.m. I am Canadian so all accents are good to me. English has no proper accents. South Africans are my favourite accent though

Only change will be a box to click that you are over 16 as noone will send their driving licence to Facebook. I don't believe he was watching anything in the dark web as there are plenty of legal sites with gore content which are easy to access

A lot parents who are cool with the phone and game coz most of them DONT CARE!! coz they don’t want to put in the energy the time with their kids and replace by all these nonsense. Don’t let the society talk you into feeling that ur children is missing out coz your child don’t have it!!!

Usual suspects when it comes to these depraved crimes. Expect copy cats from that demographic A tragedy

why is my comment keep getting deleted even if no phone you will die if they want you gone

Hindley and braidy all over again , history keeps repeating itself!

Just because the young man was confused and caught up in the gender nonsense it shouldn’t mean that they can be murdered. Rest in peace Sir ❤

@michaelnicholas244

5 ай бұрын

Thank you finally someone said it perfectly

@gentilesprit4158

5 ай бұрын

All them kids are vulnerable. And of course nothing justifies harm

Maybe if parents were parents and checked what their 'little darlings' have on their social media apps or what content they're are watching ! That would be a start ! I'm sure it will get the weak, far-left screaming hysterically..."It's their rights !!! Their safe-space is being invaded !!".

Shut down all the video games and Soical media!!!!

@TheSuperPsychoKiller

5 ай бұрын

What does video games have to do with anything?

@iibossmandiscord

4 ай бұрын

@@TheSuperPsychoKiller minecraft can obviously turn people into killers

How are phones the problem it's a trans problem clearly

@MIA80073

5 ай бұрын

because the murderer watched videos of a red room and had a fixated interest on serial killers, wasn’t properly monitored and literally was kicked out of their previous school for distributing drug laced sweets and it’s a trans issue. Trans made the victim more vulnerable but at the end of the day, trans or not, they would’ve killed some one

@FindingYourSerenity

4 ай бұрын

It was said in court they picked someone vulnerable. If it wasn't a trans person they would have found someone else they believed to be vulnerable.

How about GMB and every other UK news show stop the negativity around trans people.

@MrJamiez

5 ай бұрын

🤮

How about stopping poisoning kids with fake propaganda The mother is to blame for her dead kid

Sorry, but I don't want to take advice from a parent who let her child do whatever he wanted online. It's the parents responsibility to set limits, not the state or the internet provider. Maybe if she limited her sons access to the internet and paid attention to what information he was consuming, maybe he would still be alive, and wouldn't have been trans. It's always somebody else's fault, I guess.