[Caz]

One of the points I have been trying to get across is parental  responsibility.  In particular that of this boy’s parents.

Sure his effort is to be applauded.

Making a personal website with no means of contact available is one thing. My kids do that.

Doing something constructive for the community is good. My kids try to do that.

But some parents either can’t be bothered or are ignorant to certain facts

We are not talking about a couple of lads trying to sneak a few peaks at dirty pictures here. Or trying to access  an adult website even,  which  responsible parents would do their utmost to prevent.

We are talking about our local newspaper openly promoting a forum, run by a child, and likely to have a large number of children accessing it.

They have no means of knowing who is registering, and are already talking about arranging meetings.

The Observer has pointed  undesirables in their direction.

As you say, boys will be boys, (or girls will be girls ) and parental responsibility is crucial.

But does our local newspaper not have any moral  responsibility on such an important issue?