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Safety, Safety, Safety!
Cell phones and children.
There are several places where safety and children intersect in the
realm of cell phones
Radiation and children
Whatever the risk of cell phones to the general population, it
seems that the effects of cell phone radiation on children are more
measurable if nothing else. We will be building more on this in the
near future
Children, cell phones and predators
A review of the safety issues in the sphere of children and cell phones
is presented at the
cellphone page at safekids.com. It goes on to discuss aspects
of safe cell usage that most parents have not considered. Some
of the issues discussed are
 | How many kids have cell phones |
| Kids using cell phones to contact "dating services" |
| Predators calling kids |
| Predators getting kids information from insecure phones |
| The issues with images sent and received. |
| Issues with GPS enabled phones |
Cell Phone Usage and School
Cell phone use in schools is frequently a contentious topic.
Parents want to be able to contact kids. Schools describe the phones
as disruptive. An excellent overview of the
security
and safety issues surrounding cell phones, camera phones and pagers in
schools is presented at the pages of the National School Safety and
Security Services.
Some of the issues discussed on this site are:
| Cell phones as a detriment to the educational environment |
| Cell phones and cheating |
| Cell phones and bomb threats |
| Cell phones as detonators |
| Cell phones and legitimate rumor control |
Another viewpoint from
www.suite101.com, is that is that if the line concerning cell phones
and students is still undefined, perhaps students should be allowed to
carry them, but
not
be allowed to turn them on during class hours.
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