MR Edmunds’ letter in the December 16 edition of the SNJ is, unfortunately, another example of the ‘cotton-wool’ approach to life which continues to blight our society at present.

Whilst recognising that there have, indeed, been some cases in which the exposure to Wi-Fi has resulted in adverse, and even tragic consequences, the fact remains that access to Wi-Fi in schools is an inescapable part of the education process.

All schools are most certainly acutely aware of this when deciding the level of access for the children for whose education, safety and well-being they are responsible.

To ban it from our schools per se would mean denying children access to information and skills they will, without doubt, need in adult life in our ever more digital, global society.

That would, indeed, be considered by the vast majority of parents, teachers (and the children themselves) as unfairly disadvantageous.

In addition it would be possibly contrary (in the wider sense) to the 1989 Children Act, awareness of the existence of which is probably more widespread than the opening paragraph of Mr Edmunds’ letter would seem to suggest.

If over-exposure to Wi-Fi is of concern, then it is, surely, the responsibility, in the first instance, of parents to monitor and regulate the amount of exposure their children have to it, and not that of schools.

Christopher D Wiggins

Dursley