Debate Time

Email For Kids

Should parents allow kids to have email?

Should parents allow kids to have email? For some kids: What? Kids have email? That's a grown up thing! For others, it's: Email is just part of my plain life. Tons of kids have email. If come grown ups get email and we don't...well...I can't imagine that...

Yes!

Kids should be allowed to have email. Email helps keep kids in contact instead of always going to each other's houses, especially during school time. All you've got to do is go on the computer, go on the Internet, and log onto your account. It's better than waiting until both friends have time to play with each other. Of course, phone calls are good, but who knows if you're there? With email, you'll be sure that your message will reach your friend. If you do something like Gingerbread Weekly News with your friend, it's easier to email your friend to ask if what you wrote is okay, than reading out loud on the phone, or printing it and giving it to your friend. So, kids have email, as well as parents.

No!

No way! Kids with email? Once children get email, they will check it all day long, chatting with friends all day, and if you tell them to stop, they'd say, “Then I'm behind on news! You've got to check mail everyday. Don't you check it everyday?” It can damage kids' eyes and use up too much homework time. School's more important than this email thing! Aren't phone calls a lot easier? Just dial and call. If someone's not at home, call to your friend's parent's cellphone. How easy is that? No! Kids should not have email.

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