Save the teenagers from the evil inventions
"Hi! What did you do last night?"
"Oh I talked to someone whom I've never met before. He's so cool I've
got to meet him!"
"Wow!"
This might not make sense to you but it is a conversation you might
hear in a teenage community. It is a lot different from those days
when everyone used to read books, and a terrible problem has been
recognised due to the adult's ignorance.
The fast developing computing systems have enabled us to carry out
many tasks - easier research, word processing, shopping from home…
etc., and amongst them is 'easier communication'. For older
generations, it probably means an easier way to keep in touch with
their old friends or as a mean of exchanging information and ideas.
This was probably the main intentions of ISOC (Internet Society), the
current internet director. Despite this, by the age of about 15, most
children are so sophisticated in their internet use and that they are
curious and adventurous, anxious to be independent and sometimes
rebellious.
For these reasons, many people, especially the teenagers, are using
'chat rooms' on the internet - where they can talk to people they
don't know online. It is now the third most popular way of using the
web. The advantage is that the person you are talking to doesn't know
who you are. Many people who are less confident in speaking in front
of the others find that it is easier to start building their
confidence by talking to someone without looking at his/her face, and
has been a great help for some.
The disadvantage is that it equally means that you do not know who you
are talking to. Children could be easily exploited or victimised. They
may not be someone who they claim to be and you could be giving your
personal details to a complete stranger, and arranging to meet him/her
is even worse. You could be involved in tragedies such as rape,
kidnapping and even murder, as many cases show.
31% of the criminal and civil complaints reported to the police
internationally in 2003 were internet related, in which children
related was the seventh most common and that of chat room abuse was
the 10th.
Although some companies, charities and organisations, such as MSN
which has closed all its chat rooms recently, are trying to prevent
these crimes, it is impossible to ban this system entirely because
many important enterprise companies know that they could be after a
lot of money from these young people through advertisements. Even if
the chat rooms do become illegal, there are the darker sides of the
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So in the end, they may not be terrible. I do not think little kids should be allowed to do pageants, but when they are older and know better it is okay. We have talked about pros and cons and whys and woes and why pageants should be banned and whether or not they are exploitative or beneficial. So the question still remains; Are beauty pageants harmful or beneficial to young children? Who is to say whether or not they are good or bad? Maybe one day down the road, all these tiny tots that are doing pageants now will grow up to be doctors and lawyers and help for greater good.
Pageants have a way of exploiting children by changing their looks and attitudes to make them more adult like and entertaining; dressing children in bikinis or provocative costumes just to be judged by how well they wear it and how pretty they are is demeaning and cruel. Children should not be taught that looks are everything and you get everything you want in life because when they're older it will be harder for them to accept reality. Imitating the fashion and looks of an adult is not how a child should grow up. A parent should want their child to grow up knowing that they are naturally beautiful and their personality and smarts can get them far in life rather than beauty beats brains, correct?