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No offense, Arawn, but this is the crappiest "news" story I've seen in a while.

Today's report says that 59 per cent of primary teachers had witnessed bullying in the last 12 months and 55 per cent saw children meting out physical violence on another pupil. A further 71 per cent of teachers witnessed young children verbally abusing a peer. Alarmingly, the majority of staff said anti-social behaviour among five to 11-year-olds was as bad or worse compared to when they started teaching.

Compared to...? Are these numbers increasing or decreasing?

And where's the evidence that computer games and MP3 are causing this? You might as well blame Tony Blair or the ban on fox hunting.

More than 70 per cent of teachers said that increased use of games consoles, mobile phones, the internet and MP3 players has harmed children's ability to interact with their peers.

I like this too. Because what--children haven't had walkmen and Game Boys for decades? Do these teachers all predate that technology?

This one's my favorite, though--Mobile phones are "harming children's ability to interact with their peers"? Who exactly are they using them to communicate with? Adults? Infants?