Texting

I believe that teaching children about using technology safely is partly the responsibility of parents but also the school. Parents are the ones that provide cells phones for their children. They should be responsible in telling their children how they use their phones and what they need to be used for. Some parents let their children do as they please while others set strict rules on only using phones for emergencies. Schools also enforce no cell phones in school. Obviously children still bring them, but the point is not to use them in school and be distracted. Schools also need to teach children the repercussions of sending things like sexts or inappropriate pictures. These things are basically like rumors. They get passed around from student to student and someone always gets hurts. In some cases, it goes too far like with the 13-year-old girl committing suicide. Being smart comes in to play here. By this I mean using the life skills you learn and using them in your everyday life. Being smart means having the sense to either not get involved in sexting or ignoring it if its sent to you. Besides that, parents need to set rules and  guidelines for the children's phones and monitor their behavior to make sure they are being safe and being smart.