speech on teen safety apps

Hello, today I would like to talk to you about whether apps like ‘Teen safe’ and ‘Phone sheriff’ that invade a teenagers privacy be allowed in Australia. As a parent I strongly agree with approving the usage of such apps for the safety of our children. This issue has been an ongoing topic with debaters with concerns mostly parents as the skyrocketing cases of bulling is a big concern in today’s society. Teens bullied in school or on the internet have led to many cases of depression, anxiety and even death. Despite this fact there is even disputes between parents that whether such apps should be approved. But is a teenager’s privacy more important than the unsure safety of themselves hidden in the word freedom?

Teenagers are selfish, irritable and overall unstable, but given the cacophony of construction going on inside the adolescent brain, is it any wonder? Teenagers are at an age when there brain goes through many emotional and physical changes, there hormone levels are at an all- time high and there brain doesn’t exactly think logically or responsibly. What parents are basically dealing with are violent overgrown babies. So what happens to the psychological state of teenagers when they experience the trauma of bulling? Research conducted in Australia on 2011 show that out of the number of bullied students surveyed 76% fall to depression and anxiety, 17% take drugs such as depressants and insomnia medication, and the other 7% commit suicide or murder. So when their children’s brain is in such an unstable state why are parents told to do to nothing about it. When our children are being traumatised and hurt why is the government banning helpful god-sent apps like teen safe or phone sheriff? Apps like these allow a parent to view who their child sends or receives messages from, who they call, the apps they use, the content they view and their location. This can help a parent to know if their child is a victim of bullying, not only that, they can see their