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I'm not really concerned about the time limit function. But the video also says that it gives you a "report" of how much time your kids are spending on each gam
by mistercow 9y ago
I'm not really concerned about the time limit function. But the video also says that it gives you a "report" of how much time your kids are spending on each game, and I think that may go too far.
Keep in mind that this isn't just about how good parents can misuse technology in raising their kids. I think people tend to think of "parents" as a group as something different from the individual parents they've actually encountered. A lot of parents are actually pretty terrible, and when we talk about "giving parents tools" we need to keep in mind that we're also empowering those parents.
So while the tendency might be to imagine some wholesome mom who just wants to know her kid isn't playing Murder-Fuck 2018, we should also remember the homophobic dad worried about his son playing a My Little Pony game.
- astura 9y agoI really can't understand this comment, the homophobic dad just wouldn't buy my little pony in the first place.
- mistercow 9y agoKids have other ways of obtaining games than their parents buying them. And most kids have more than one parent. And that one example prevents you from understanding my entire comment?
- icebraining 9y agoWith parental controls, kids do not have other ways of obtaining games, unless it's something like a browser game, and then it won't be recorded either. So your comment seems to be based on an impossible premise.
- sah2ed 9y ago> With parental controls, kids do not have other ways of obtaining games ... Still possible outside the home or at school. Borrowing a device from the next door neighbor who could care less about parental controls is one way for kids who are intent on playing a game their peers are raving about. Then there is the option of using an older (teenage) sibling's device for the same purpose if left lying around in the house.
- icebraining 9y agoRight. In which case the monitoring wouldn't work either.
- mistercow 9y agoA. As far as I can tell, the Switch parental controls let you set age rating categories, not restrict the device to only specific games. B. How would that be an argument against my main point, that new technology is giving parents too much control over their kids' lives?
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThe point is valid though in general, even if not in a specific case of a non-rooted iPad. Imagine a similar parental control solution employed on an Android tablet, or a Windows PC. Your kid will learn how to sideload games from friends at school. Where there's a will, there's a way.