Already had one teacher narc on a kiddo, who is now feeling like he has no one he can trust with problems that he doesn't want to necessarily air in front of hi

Already had one teacher narc on a kiddo, who is now feeling like he has no one he can trust with problems that he doesn't want to necessarily air in front of his parents. Gg on that front is all I have to say. Great way to get kids willing to trust others in the long run! I usually try to wait until late teens for the "Big Brother is watching" lecture. Ya know; next time you exploit your place of trust as an operator. Think twice. The kids don't get it. They get it enough to get hurt, but not enough to get themselves mentally out of it. Keep it between you and the kid for a first infraction. If it continues, then hook in parents. This is why no matter how hard I'm begged to set up spyware, I don't, and where I can't avoid it, I do not turn over keys to anything like that to users. Once they know it's there, it's like moths to a flame. Kid or not, they are a human being, and I refuse to deny them the benefit of an initial nudge. Yes. I was the kid getting up to network mischief. No, the ones that even noticed took the time to ensure I understood the ramifications of my understanding of the system and not only left it at that, but encouraged me to continue to explore, and mentored me in doing so. I remember as a kid, being forwarded by a telephone operator to "Santa", and the joy I got as an adult realizing that some general somewhere took time out of his day to answer those calls. That kind of an "interaction at a distance", I still credit with being one of the earliest instances in my life drawing me toward telecom and tech in general. Now? We're teaching kids to fear tech; that they are never safe on it. That they are being watched all the time. That they can never let their guard down. Hell, putting myself in their shoes, I don't think I'd want anything to do with it.