The Guardian Online reports that more pre-teens are getting mobile phones.
“In 2001, 13% of primary school children had a phone but that number had increased to 25% by the start of this year.” – Guardian Online
The phones are being hailed as a great safety device for parents who always want to be in touch with their kids. Tracking your child via your cell phone is an idea that is gaining a lot of acceptance among worried parents, so these statistics shouldn’t be surprising. As our paranoia and tech developments continue meld together, getting that tracking chip embedded under your child’s skin at birth should be an easy sell in about 5 years. That way our kids can be radiation receptors all the time, not just when they’re making a call or chewing on the cell phone antenna (tasty but dangerous!)
The World Health Organization has something to say about the electromagnetic fields all our gadgets are emitting. They’re even planning a big forum to address this subject in June.
This is just the beginning of a larger debate between the health and safety of kids. At least worried parents can feel secure in always knowing the location of their child. If not from their kid’s tracking device, then from the eerie green glow the kid is sure to give off by the time they hit puberty.
