Allowing smart phones in class is a stupid idea

LIKE most parents with school age kids, I've lost count of the number of times I've been pestered for gadgets and gizmos by my children

- EVA SIMPSON

They're particularly skilled at the art of the guilt trip and it's not been easy to fend off puppy dog eyes and a trembling voice wailing "but all my friends have got one" whether it be an iPad/ laptop/phone or the latest must have app.

But my response is always to go into a lecture about how Steve Jobs, the man behind the iPod and iPad, wouldn't let his own children have them. When he was asked if his children loved the iPad the Apple founder told a journalist, "they haven't used it".