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Re: "Privacy rights of children"
For us it was easy enough to do this in a way we like: once a kid is old enough / responsible enough to roam, they get a phone so they can call us if they need to. Dumb phone first because this likely happens before they are old enough to use a smart phone without hitting all the bad parts.
This is pretty great as it means they can do more on their own terms.
No active tracking by us.
As with a lot of recent tech, it's all about how you choose to use it :)
Re: social media, our kids are not nearly old enough that we'd let them post; that comes much later. (By my preference, not at all, but I guess they get to choose at some point!) Of course, we talk about why this is.
Aug 20 · 3 months ago
Why not teach kids how to make websites and once they are old enough allow them to host it on Gemini or Neocities?
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)...
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...