Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Children and Mobile Phones (03 Aug 2005) As mobile phones have become popular amongst children and teenagers, a surprising affect on family relationships has emerged. Mobile phones seem to offer parents piece of mind as they feel their parental authority has been extended over time and space: they allow their children more freedom to travel further from home and to stay out later at night. It aids parent-child negotiation and in this way extends the democratisation of the family. Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/thinkingallowed_20050803.shtml   28.59    (Thinking Allowed)   Read 205 more articles from BBC Radio 4 sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Playing at Reality: Exploring the Potential of the Digital Game as a Medium for Science Communication     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy