Mobile Parenting
from the where-are-you-are-you-ok-when-are-you-going-to-be-home dept
Finland is probably the most wireless place in the world and provides a glimpse at how wireless can impact a society. The New York Times points out that in Finland mobile phones are just as neccessary as keys, wallet and a watch. Most kids over the age of seven have mobile phones. Companies can’t market to kids directly in Finland, so they market to working parents who want to keep tabs on their kids. Mobiles are such a vital parenting tool in Finland, they have coined the phrase “mobile parenting.”
Comments on “Mobile Parenting”
wud b a gud idea
heh i wish parents here would catch on to that then. my mum is always going off at me when i dont end up where i said i would be. and every time my response is “you always know exactly where i am im on the other end of ure bloody phone, learn to use it”