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Not everyone has the privilege of a healthy upbringing but all parents want some tools to know where their children are. (Corollary: Not all parents can provid

by bdamm 9y ago

Not everyone has the privilege of a healthy upbringing but all parents want some tools to know where their children are. (Corollary: Not all parents can provide a healthy upbringing but still want to know where their children are.)

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Xylakant 9y ago
I actually want to trust my kid not to commit royally stupid acts. I have no desire to know it’s exact location. For most cases and most accidents I’ll be way to far away to affect the outcome. Think: ok, kid’s in the park, safe. Well, climbed a tree, fell down. How’s that GPS tracker helping to avoid that? So I’d prefer the kid to know I’m not tracking every step and won’t be round the corner to catch every fall. My parents trusted me not to fuck up royally and I’m still alive, albeit with some permanent scars. I’ll pass that on.
- ggg9990 9y ago
  You don't yet have a kid and your perspective on all of these things really changes when you do.
  - Xylakant 9y ago
    I actually do have kids. I’ve been thinking long and hard about that. A lot of things try to sell perfect safety from the first day, smart mattresses that measure breathing, diapers or socks that measure pulse and oxygen saturation, gps trackers, name it. I admit that we all want our kids to be perfectly safe and it’s very hard to acknowledge that perfectly safe is only possible by packing the kid in a foam container and placing the container in a padded safe. As much as I sometimes would like to do that, that’s obviously not going to fly. So yes, it’s hard and it’s worrying from day one, but part of being a parent it coming to terms with this. Things will mostly be alright. I survived stupid things - and lord, I’ve done things that could have killed me - chances are my kids will survive as well. Statistics are on my side: Most kids survive to adulthood without permanent damage.

by bdamm 9y ago

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Xylakant 9y ago

I actually want to trust my kid not to commit royally stupid acts. I have no desire to know it’s exact location. For most cases and most accidents I’ll be way to far away to affect the outcome. Think: ok, kid’s in the park, safe. Well, climbed a tree, fell down. How’s that GPS tracker helping to avoid that? So I’d prefer the kid to know I’m not tracking every step and won’t be round the corner to catch every fall. My parents trusted me not to fuck up royally and I’m still alive, albeit with some permanent scars. I’ll pass that on.

ggg9990 9y ago
You don't yet have a kid and your perspective on all of these things really changes when you do.
- Xylakant 9y ago
  I actually do have kids. I’ve been thinking long and hard about that. A lot of things try to sell perfect safety from the first day, smart mattresses that measure breathing, diapers or socks that measure pulse and oxygen saturation, gps trackers, name it. I admit that we all want our kids to be perfectly safe and it’s very hard to acknowledge that perfectly safe is only possible by packing the kid in a foam container and placing the container in a padded safe. As much as I sometimes would like to do that, that’s obviously not going to fly. So yes, it’s hard and it’s worrying from day one, but part of being a parent it coming to terms with this. Things will mostly be alright. I survived stupid things - and lord, I’ve done things that could have killed me - chances are my kids will survive as well. Statistics are on my side: Most kids survive to adulthood without permanent damage.