smh.com.au - The Sydney Morning Herald
John Marsden, Australian author of YA novels, comments on mobile phone theft among the young:
"...John Marsden, a former Melbourne teacher and bestselling children's author, believes the parental role is more complex. Marsden thinks many parents may inadvertently teach that some stealing doesn't count. "The kids seem to regard phones as items of currency where the normal rules don't apply. Maybe it is the same attitude adults have when they steal stuff from their employers or cheat on their taxes," he says..."
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