Parents need to do more to stop their kids watching porn

Nothing scares politicians more than telling parents how to do their job, which is a shame because a bit more finger wagging might be just what we need. The Online Safety Bill returns to parliament this week to be debated by MPs once again – with the legislation aiming to stop kids looking at porn online. 

MPs have already spent around 40 hours debating this Bill, in previous forms. In this time only eight MPs have suggested that parents might just have some responsibility in stopping their children accessing porn online. Fifty MPs have so far opined on the merits of switching off the internet for teens but barely one in six mentioned in parliament that parents might have a role to play. We can only hope for better as the Bill returns for a third time to be debated by MPs. Maybe their lordships, more likely to be grandparents than parents, will bring some much needed common sense to these discussions.