News Article- Guardian

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" My 10-year old daughter has a mobile phone. Is her childhood in jeopardy?"

What the article is about !!!

The article written by David Hill is concerning his 10 year old daugther having a mobile phone just to keep in contact with her "half-brothers" as their mother does not like the daughter keeping in contact with eachother. It was suggested by the daughter that texting would be the best method as it is "quiet and discreet-and more teenage and fun". But instead of only using the mobile phone to keep in contact with her brothers she ranked up a £40 bill to her pearents just by responding to a TV advertisement for groovey ringtones.

The article begins telling us what type of daughter she is. She was described as a thoughtful funny drama queen who is fond of Bubble gum, cakes and chips. This indicates what a steriotypical child would like....sweets and junk food. By showing her interests its alows us to think that she is just another child.

The article's moral is that "nowadays some businesses have no qualms about exploiting children and those who run them should be thrown in jail". This was due to her daughter who had been ordering services and ringtones from TV advertisements which require you to be over the age of 18 to take part.

"91% have mobiles before the age of 12" . The article argues that by definition it is not bad for a child to have a mobile phone, as children can be peer presured into getting one as it had become a growing accesory for the younger generation and has now become a childhood addiction. It was also said that children feel they need a mobile as it is sociable and also helps them improove skills to negotiate in the modern world.

My Views on this article

I think that it is fine for a child to have a mobile phone but there are limits to where the pearents should restrict. It will also be a good experience for a child to learn to negotiate and compramise with their credit, as they will have to save up their poket money for credit and when they do buy credit they will learn to use the credit wisely rather just rely on their pearents. However i agree that it is easy for a child to gain acess and download pictures and ringtones that has an age restriction.