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When I was a child, my mother refused to buy me any computers. I had to earn money mowing lawns and raking leaves to buy a laptop. Once I had a laptop, she tol
by johnmaguire 5y ago
When I was a child, my mother refused to buy me any computers. I had to earn money mowing lawns and raking leaves to buy a laptop.
Once I had a laptop, she told me she wished there was software she could install on all of her children's computers that would allow her to view what each of us was doing on her TV.
I considered that spying - even if it was intentional on her part. I detested how few rights I had as a child.
- dwaite 5y ago> I detested how few rights I had as a child. That is called being a teenager, I think.
- LocalH 5y agoMinors deserve no privacy? Is that what you're saying?
- simondotau 5y agoIf you're talking about teenagers, I would say there's valid debate to be had. Minors, hell no. There's no debate. Parents are entitled to know—I'd personally go further and say a responsibility to know—what's going on in their life.
- johnmaguire 5y agoTeenagers are minors. Doesn't sound like a very trusting environment.
- simondotau 5y agoI guess there's a language difference. I'm Australian.
- johnmaguire 5y agoThe dictionary defines a minor as "a person under the age of full legal responsibility" which I think teenagers would still fall under, even in Australia? Understandably the term might be used differently or more loosely elsewhere.
- brokenmachine 5y agoI'm also Australian but I know what "minor" means.
- LocalH 5y agoTeaching kids that they have no right to privacy is a great way to raise people who don't respect the privacy of others. Parents don't have an inherent right to know every single thing in a child's life. By that token, if a child is gay, and their parents are rabid anti-gay bigots, they still have a "right" to know whether their child is seeking out information relevant to LGBT teens. I'm sorry, but I wholeheartedly reject that premise.