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Another cloistered bad take on the internet. You are legally responsible for your child until they are 18. There is a universe of difference between not trust
by RALaBarge 3y ago
Another cloistered bad take on the internet.
You are legally responsible for your child until they are 18. There is a universe of difference between not trusting your children vs taking reasonable steps to ensure their safety by knowing their location when necessary.
- doublerabbit 3y agoSometimes somethings don't have a one direct answer.
- TrickardRixx 3y agoThis somehow wasn't an issue when my parents were raised. It's just me that has to bear having been raised by a controlling narcissist.
- skeeter2020 3y agoHow did "legally responsible for your child until they are 18" turn into "track them 24/7"? I would strongly argue permanent surveillance exceeds "reasonable steps", but I know I'm in the minority.
- dangus 3y agoNon-parents seem to forget that children don’t have the same rights as adults. They don’t get all the same rights to privacy and freedom because they were birthed by their parents. Parents have a legal right and obligation to know where their kids are. The technology used to achieve it is a mere implementation detail. Also, technically, any adult who owns a smartphone has already consented to be permanently location tracked by their carrier and various entities that can buy location data from your carrier legally.
- tarboreus 3y agoThat's...not true? You don't have a legal obligation to know where your child is. Contextually, you might often want to know where they are, or who they're currently with in a broad sense. For older children, they can have autonomy for periods of time that can be pretty long.
- mosselman 3y agoAh yes. Maybe we go back to the good old days before cell phones and the internet where kids were tethered to their parents with a 50m piece of rope. /s