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We’re asking people in Newport when children should have a phone - if at all - and, if they think that more responsibility should be put on parents to keep kids safe online.

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00:00So I think there does need to be more security and protection put in place for children,
00:06but within the same argument of having that protection, kids are growing up with a lot more
00:12information than we ever would even believe. And they know how to protect themselves more on an
00:18online basis and know what different things are. Depends, things are changing so quick with
00:26technologies. You know, it's really hard to put an age appropriate. It might be appropriate today,
00:33maybe in a year's time, it won't be. You know what I mean? Just got to go with,
00:38try and go with the times, I guess, but I have no idea what age.
00:41We have to inform them and educate them on what is safe and what is not safe, and what
00:47their actions do online. That's all you see, they do, is kids with their
00:50heads down on phones and tablets. And no, you've got to put a stop to that because
00:57there's just no conversation no more.

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