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Parents weren't GPS tracking their children in the 1990s.
by clipsy 3y ago
Parents weren't GPS tracking their children in the 1990s.
- jader201 3y agoTo be fair, GPS tracking may actually make parents feel more comfortable allowing their kids to free roam.
- kspacewalk2 3y agoOkay, so it's supervised roam. Who cares? It's much better than keeping your kids at home and only allowing them out on pre-arranged "play dates", which is the other major alternative.
- beaeglebeached 3y agoIn much of USA allowing free roam and not repenting and recanting the sin when CPS inevitably called and starts the inquisition will end with them in foster care with the same problems but now broken continuity of care.
- clipsy 3y agoIt would more accurately be called unfree roaming.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoIf your parents know where you are with 3m accuracy it isn’t really free roaming. In other words, being watched or tracked will definitely affect a kids behavior.
- ars 3y agoIf a kid changes behavior because of a parent watching then that kid absolutely needs watching. It's still free roaming because the kid is 100% in charge of where they will go. That's the part that matters, not that someone can tell where they are.
- throwbadubadu 3y agoGeez what? If a kid greater certain age does not change behaviour with parents watching please see a psychologist with it.
- BobaFloutist 3y agoThat sounds awfully close to "If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear"
- AlexandrB 3y agoI think this applies to kids just as well as adults: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect But what scares me more is how this trend has the potential to normalize surveillance in general. It's not uncommon to for people to treat their employer or the government as a surrogate parent. So why wouldn't kids raised in a digital surveillance family accept a digital surveillance state?
- woleium 3y agoelf on the shelf is a frighteningly common indoctrination to a life of surveillance
- ajmurmann 3y agoI have the related theory that the whole Santa Clause and Easter Bunny lie thing makes children more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. If all adults, including the weatherman conspire to lie to me for no actual gain, why wouldn't politicians and media personalities conspire to lie to me about the earth being flat or climate change if there is profit or power to be had?
- lotsofpulp 3y ago> If all adults, including the weatherman conspire to lie to me for no actual gain Some adults enjoy playing pretend with kids, and some kids enjoy playing pretend with adults too. I would not characterize it as a no gain situation.
- ekianjo 3y agoGPS tracking does not brainwash kids...
- mp05 3y agoWho said anything in this series of comments about "brainwashing"?