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Re: "Privacy rights of children"
Children who are not allowed to roam turn into fragile adults. Surveillance is an extension of parental supervision into domains formerly allocated to the privacy and autonomy of a child's emerging independence. Oppressive overcaring should be recognized as pathological as beating children. The resulting dysfunction is remarkably comparable.
2023-08-30 · 9 days ago
Being a latchkey kid, I am often amused by the sea change that happened during my lifetime. For a while there were all those 'babyproofing' stores with locks and soft pads for every corner of your apartment. Heh. Now with tracked phones, kids get no chance to make little mistakes, but can easily make large ones (being exposed to the Net)...
2023-08-31 · 9 days ago
Privacy rights of children — As a parent of young children I hear about parents with older kids equipping their kids with all this surveillance hardware so they can track their kids for their apparent safety. I am strongly against this but I know the old privacy vs safety argument, and when it's your own kids at that age "you'll do it too" I just feel like this is just prepping future generations to feel like they're constantly watched and then they're just okay with it as adults. it starts...
💬 gritty · 15 comments · 2 likes · 2023-08-18 · 3 weeks ago