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That's as secure as a bottle of Talisker within 100 miles of Spinola
Children want rules and regulations
CHILDREN never cease to amaze us, yet this time the request from the UK's nippers was a little more than surprising – they actually want to be monitored online.
The report, issued by Ofsted named, Future care: Children’s advice on future care standards outlines how youngsters want to feel safer online, be protected from unsuitable sites and even suggests that youngsters have made requests for adult supervision.
England’s Children’s Rights Director, Dr Roger Morgan, who published the report says, "The message here is simple, children are taking their internet safety seriously, but many clearly don’t feel confident that they can protect themselves on their own."
Apparently the kids of today want adults to take a bigger role in watching over their surfing, giving them clear instruction on which sites are safe, and which should be blocked from access.
The report outlines the views of 686 young people ranging from the age of four to 20 who attended the national children’s conference. [Well that will be a representative cross-section of British yoof then - sub Ed]
The National Minimum Standards which the report champions are not enforceable by law but are useful guidelines to help providers, inspectors, and people who use services to judge the standard of service.
Children actually want a full set of rules looking after them – with none of these rules left out – the question is, who are these children and what have they done with the real ones?
Nearly 70 percent of those consulted wanted porn and chat rooms to be blocked and/or filtered, almost 50 percent wanted adult supervision when surfing the web and nearly 25 percent said that children should be taught about online safety.
Dr Morgan states further that, "The standards are such an important process and our consultation with children is pivotal as their advice will feed directly into and shape the decisions on future rules around their care."
So, it seems that something rather spooky is happening to the youth of today – it is one thing trying to stick to rules, it’s another thing actually wanting them in place.
However, wherever these children came from, they do have a very safe and mature perspective on online activity, which is very refreshing. µ
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A kick in the head for all naysayers, brainwashing DOES give results. 

My condolences to the kids parents, it must be sad to have empty obedient husks for children. A person who is not a rebel in their youth is just unnatural; it is that rebbelion of the youth that made our societies progress and become better instead of becoming stale. 

I am really disturbed by this news :(
As an adult who has recently graduated from Childhood with full honours, I can say that this is the biggest load of BS ive ever seen.

Of course its up to the parents but many children of today especially the younger ones who are only just starting to get an idea of its scope regard the internet as basically another world, and blocking sites is basically like grounding them from going to a certain place and having a parent actively watch over them is like having a chaperone everywhere they go. Granted for younger childeren its nessecary but once childeren are at the age where you are going to start letting them go to places on their own, for a length of time unsupervised you should start doing the same with the internet.

The thing about the internet is that most kids of today are far more knowledgeable about it than the parents, therefore they will find a way around things. I grew up with little to no censorship of the internet and ive turned out OK (Or at least the handing severed heads in my closet say so).

People just need to shut up and gtfo of the internet if they are blaming it for everything, as they clearly have no idea how it works. If a kid is so messed up that they go out looking for some fucked up shit on the internet then chances are they are going to find out about it anyway. I think most parents seem to think that everything is displayed on the one page and if your not careful youll end up on a site about middle eastern beheading and how to get a clean cut.
"A few young people were against blocking of sites and wanted to be trusted more in how they used the internet: ‘no site blocking systems – children should be their own judges of
safety’. Some thought that blocking should happen only if there was a particular risk at the time: ‘sites should be blocked only if reports of abuse’. A few agreed with site blocking but wanted us to know that it usually restricted things other than dangerous sites as well: ‘safety is important, but it restricts access to some things I like doing such as games’." ‘don’t talk or send anything when you may think is dodgy’_ oops!
Dr Roger Morgan: You vant to feel safe unline like vhen you are vith uns mommy and daddy?

5 year old: Hi

Dr Roger Morgan: Do you vants to have protections vhile on zee internets?

5 year old: Hi

Dr Roger Morgan: Clearly, ve can say zats zee children vant to be fully protected unline, as my reports clearly show they vant to be.

The fact that only a minority of the children wanted more education about online safety shows a growing trend away from personal responsibility.

It would seem that they trust automated systems, or others, more than they believe that they would be able to trust themselves.

One thing this society is lacking in general is personal responsibility. Education about internet safety doesn't give the child anyone to blame should they get in trouble.

Either they're following the trends that are gripping much of the rest of the world quickly, or the definition of "safe and mature" has been corrupted with time.
...that this survey was carried out by adults, to whom children never, never lie.
"Education about internet safety doesn't give the child anyone to blame should they get in trouble."

Said by a person who obviously has no children! 

Blame the children, we educated them properly, they got what they deserved.