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Does this not jeopardize giving kids their autonomy? Feels like the parents saying yes to this may also be in the life360 or obsessively tracking their kids cam

Does this not jeopardize giving kids their autonomy? Feels like the parents saying yes to this may also be in the life360 or obsessively tracking their kids camp. Great for peace of mind, not great for building independence in my opinion.

tims33 4y ago
It increases the autonomy. They get to go out and make decisions. And if I need to track them down because they are late for dinner it’s easy. We don’t use it for any draconian purposes.
- tims33 4y ago
  It also let us delay giving both kids a phone.
runjake 4y ago
There's a bunch of comments like this and I don't understand. The ability to track your kids at any time != "we're constantly tracking our kids". If this is a real concern for you, I think the real problem isn't the technology -- it's you.
- thenerdhead 4y ago
  > If this is a real concern for you, I think the real problem isn't the technology -- it's you. Maybe you're right. I think always-connected wearable technology can hurt autonomy. On one extreme, a strict parent could use this to obsessively track their kid, notify them when they should be home, and use their logged history for whatever reason. Maybe a kid dreads wearing the thing because of their parents. On another extreme, a lax parent could not give a damn about their kid and just wants the peace of mind that they could if they wanted. Maybe a kid doesn't mind wearing it. The introduction of wearable technology here adds similar challenges that smartphones do: Do kids behave differently if they know they can be A) accessible at anytime B) located at anytime C) history logged at all times? Does that cause them to make different decisions than they would otherwise with no technology? That is what I mean by losing autonomy at the cost of parental/kid peace of mind. Trust between your kids is most important, but technology is a factor here too.

tims33 4y ago

It increases the autonomy. They get to go out and make decisions. And if I need to track them down because they are late for dinner it’s easy. We don’t use it for any draconian purposes.

tims33 4y ago
It also let us delay giving both kids a phone.

runjake 4y ago

There's a bunch of comments like this and I don't understand. The ability to track your kids at any time != "we're constantly tracking our kids". If this is a real concern for you, I think the real problem isn't the technology -- it's you.

thenerdhead 4y ago
> If this is a real concern for you, I think the real problem isn't the technology -- it's you. Maybe you're right. I think always-connected wearable technology can hurt autonomy. On one extreme, a strict parent could use this to obsessively track their kid, notify them when they should be home, and use their logged history for whatever reason. Maybe a kid dreads wearing the thing because of their parents. On another extreme, a lax parent could not give a damn about their kid and just wants the peace of mind that they could if they wanted. Maybe a kid doesn't mind wearing it. The introduction of wearable technology here adds similar challenges that smartphones do: Do kids behave differently if they know they can be A) accessible at anytime B) located at anytime C) history logged at all times? Does that cause them to make different decisions than they would otherwise with no technology? That is what I mean by losing autonomy at the cost of parental/kid peace of mind. Trust between your kids is most important, but technology is a factor here too.