Ohio County -
Technology-savvy kids is
a given, so technology-savvy parents is a must. Sgt. Don Miller, resource
officer at Bridge Street Middle School, urges all parents to
become knowledgeable and proficient. He says there are parental controls and
apps that can actually help them monitor their kids more closely than ever.
Smart phones in school
present all sorts of possibilities for mischief. Students could take a picture
of a test. They could text each other the answers; take a picture of fellow
students in the locker room or the shower. That's why Bridge Street requires all devices to
be turned off and locked in the students' lockers throughout the school day.
The Resource Officer
says kids need to realize that every picture, text or posting is always
retrievable, that something deleted isn't ever truly gone.
"And they need to
realize that anything they say or do, even among friends, can turn up out there,
for all the world to see," said Resource Officer Sgt. Don Miller. "Understand
that there is the capability for people to videotape you at any time."
Sgt. Miller says a smart
phone is the hands of a kid should be a privilege, not a right, a privilege
that a parent can take away if it's abused.
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