Jack Thorne's recent statement in the news comes as no suprise. According to the author of the Netflix series "Adolescence," the writer quoted the following. He said:

 'I would ban smartphone sales up to the age of 16. Why do kids need smartphones? They can have phones but not smartphones. Certainly keeping kids away from smartphones in whatever way possible, I think, is vital.'

Jack Thorne is a parent and he is right to worry about what teenagers are seeing online today; be it violence (bullying), porn or the likes of certain young women who are destroying our childrens' minds. Think Bonnie Blue. 

"Adolescence" is a harsh series to watch. The first episode is explosive. The police enter the house and arrest the young boy for murder. The events are harrowing and as viewers, some of us are prone to feel sorrow for the young boy who was asleep when the police burst into his room to arrest him. Young Jamie denies any wrong doing. He even pees under himself with the shock of seeing officers in his bedroom. The mother's reaction borders on hyterical, the father is in denial and the boy is taken into custody. 

It is hard to watch a kid being put in a cell and being locked up before being fingerprinted, swabbed and subjected to a full body search. 

Now that the teenager is in the system, he is marked for life.

Jamie requests a lawyer who cannot prevent this kid from undergoing the humiliating process at the police station.

The murder weapon is missing. A bloody knife. There is CCTV.

As events unfold at the police station, it is evident Jamie is the murderer.

The young girl he killed is dead.

What possessed Jamie to go out with a knife and ultimately kill the girl? 

We only know that Jamie said something to her and she shoved him and carried on walking. The enraged boy attacked her with the knife he had on him and stabbed her to death.

The internet and all its horrific stories of bullying and violence at every turn is destroying young kids minds. They are desensitized from watching countless videos of murders online, some so heinous that most of us feel sick just knowing what is taking place. 

But for some youngsters it is becoming the norm to think it is ok to seek revenge and kill.

Banning smart phone for kids under the ago of sixteen may go a long way in helping to reverse this madness, however, there will always be young kids hanging out with older kids who will share videos and images containing violence with them.

It is a vicious circle. 

Every social media site on the internet should be responsible for their content.

I have also seen sexual content on online newspapers no thanks to certain members of the media.

Social media sites are not safe for children or young teenagers. 

We must protect youngsters at all costs.

And that must start now.