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Losing your kids in IKEA... is not a big deal. Somebody else losing their kids in an IKEA is no big deal. To the parent of the lost kid, for the duration the k

Losing your kids in IKEA... is not a big deal. Somebody else losing their kids in an IKEA is no big deal. To the parent of the lost kid, for the duration the kid is missing, it's probaby a big fucking deal.

windexh8er 8y ago
Losing and being temporarily separated are two very different things. Most everyone likely has a "separation" story. Most don't have a long-term loss / kidnapping story. I personally see the solution as both potentially useful and egregious as implemented. Selling an unaware parent a product with strawman promises that have hidden agendas are not good for anyone. This type of technology will be legitimately useful how many times and at what cost (monetary and privacy)? If, as a parent, you have a tool that you depend on to fulfill a certain task - then part of the selling point is that it offloads the given task at some level. So... Are you more diligent about keeping tabs on your child with this? Probably not. Instead, most of us have learning experiences from becoming separated from our parents. I'm not sure the gist is for a parent to say to their child: "you have this watch so leave it on and I will be able to find you" - but regardless of how a parent describes the watch to the child I'm sure that's a portion of the root idea. Does this diminish the precedence of the situation before it happens for the child? Potentially. It also gives unknowing consumers false confidence at varied levels all while being illegitimate about the entirety of the "product". Don't get me wrong, technology is great for many things. However it's oft over used and diminishes from some life skills. I'm overly scrutinizing of technology use in my children's life and err on the side of as little consumption through technology. Creation using technology is what I support. But far too often parents conflate the two and, simply, have no clue the negative impacts they're supporting.
Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
Then honestly, that's a shitty parent.
- js2 8y ago
  Have you ever lost track of your kid? Many years ago I was changing my son’s diaper in the SJC airport. My wife had gone to the restroom and left our 3 y/o daughter with me too. In the blink of an eye my daughter disappeared. Now we were in an airport past security. A pretty ideal place to lose your kid all things considered. And it turned out our daughter had just followed after her mom and had gone into the women’s restroom, which is what I figured. But it was still fucking terrifying not knowing where my daughter was for a few minutes. I still wouldn’t put trackers on my kid. And we were never those parents that leashed our kids. But I don’t judge parents that do. When we went to things like the state fair, I’d write my cell # on my kids palm and gave them instructions: “if you get lost, ask a woman for help.” It’s still damn scary losing your kid though.
- rootusrootus 8y ago
  It's shitty to worry about your kids when they are missing? Maybe you wrote that backwards?
- beanland 8y ago
  I don't follow. Are you saying that they're "shitty" because they're worried about their missing child? Or that the kid got lost in the first place?
rdiddly 8y ago
That depends on whether they're the type of parent who instantly concludes "OMG abduction" or the type whose mind goes to the much more likely, nuisance-level scenario.

windexh8er 8y ago

Losing and being temporarily separated are two very different things. Most everyone likely has a "separation" story. Most don't have a long-term loss / kidnapping story. I personally see the solution as both potentially useful and egregious as implemented. Selling an unaware parent a product with strawman promises that have hidden agendas are not good for anyone. This type of technology will be legitimately useful how many times and at what cost (monetary and privacy)? If, as a parent, you have a tool that you depend on to fulfill a certain task - then part of the selling point is that it offloads the given task at some level. So... Are you more diligent about keeping tabs on your child with this? Probably not. Instead, most of us have learning experiences from becoming separated from our parents. I'm not sure the gist is for a parent to say to their child: "you have this watch so leave it on and I will be able to find you" - but regardless of how a parent describes the watch to the child I'm sure that's a portion of the root idea. Does this diminish the precedence of the situation before it happens for the child? Potentially. It also gives unknowing consumers false confidence at varied levels all while being illegitimate about the entirety of the "product". Don't get me wrong, technology is great for many things. However it's oft over used and diminishes from some life skills. I'm overly scrutinizing of technology use in my children's life and err on the side of as little consumption through technology. Creation using technology is what I support. But far too often parents conflate the two and, simply, have no clue the negative impacts they're supporting.

Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago

Then honestly, that's a shitty parent.

js2 8y ago
Have you ever lost track of your kid? Many years ago I was changing my son’s diaper in the SJC airport. My wife had gone to the restroom and left our 3 y/o daughter with me too. In the blink of an eye my daughter disappeared. Now we were in an airport past security. A pretty ideal place to lose your kid all things considered. And it turned out our daughter had just followed after her mom and had gone into the women’s restroom, which is what I figured. But it was still fucking terrifying not knowing where my daughter was for a few minutes. I still wouldn’t put trackers on my kid. And we were never those parents that leashed our kids. But I don’t judge parents that do. When we went to things like the state fair, I’d write my cell # on my kids palm and gave them instructions: “if you get lost, ask a woman for help.” It’s still damn scary losing your kid though.
rootusrootus 8y ago
It's shitty to worry about your kids when they are missing? Maybe you wrote that backwards?
beanland 8y ago
I don't follow. Are you saying that they're "shitty" because they're worried about their missing child? Or that the kid got lost in the first place?

rdiddly 8y ago

That depends on whether they're the type of parent who instantly concludes "OMG abduction" or the type whose mind goes to the much more likely, nuisance-level scenario.