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What's Wrong About Parents Tracking Their Children?

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  Nowadays, the whole world is now filled with all sorts of technology.
Phones, tablets, computers, televisions, etc. Everywhere you look; kids,
teens, and adults have something to connect themselves to the internet.
Parents, on the other hand, have to look at what their children are up
to,especially when using technology. In some cases, parents tend to track
their children online or use an app to see if anything's off. This raises the
question, is it wrong for parents to track their children online?

  In "Technology Lets Parents Track Kids' Every Move" by Tovia

Smith,explains modern technology can now allow parents to track their
children even if they're far away. The author uses a father as an example to
show the audience about how technology can be used to track parent's
children. His name is Mark Pawlick; the author describes his,  "constant
worry about his teenage kids- especially his stepdaughter,Jessica." The
writer informs us that Jessica Fairbanks was a mischief-maker trying to
drink, smoke and even lie to her parents. When it was time for Jessica to get
a driver's license, her parents freaked out. Consequently, the father decided
to buy a tracking device to make sure his daughter was safe and  being
where she's supposed to be. Tovia mentions Jim Katz, who is director of a
university center, says, "I think, over time, parents will feel if they don't have
this, they're not being good parents." As to say, parents like Mark Pawlick,
feel that if they don't know what their kids are up to, they are failing their
responsibility as a parent to help their children be safe. Tovia, on the other
hand, uses another father as a counter argument for the tracking devices.
This time Tovia presents Steve Shlozman, a psychiatrist,  who has empathy

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for parents who have that urge to keep close tabs on their kids, but
emphasizes that keeping too many close tabs on them usually backlashes.
Shlozman explains that  whenever kids feel crowded, they would do things
they wouldn't typically do and take high risks because they yearn to show
their independence and individuality. Shlozman also mentions that tracking
kids hinders the trust they need for essential development, and that kids need
to be loosened up to learn about making good decisions  by themselves.
Afterall, Mark Pawlick is content with tracking her daughter because he sees
it as a way to show Jessica he cares about her  safety. For the most part,
parents want to monitor their children because they want to make sure they
are safe. There is nothing wrong with wanting to keep our loved ones safe,
especially parent's children.

  In "Should parents snoop on their kids online?" by  Eliene Augenbraun,
analyzes  the conundrum parents face whether or not they should monitor
their kids on what websites they go on, what they do or say on social media.
With another suggestion; if teens should have authority to have their own
privacy. Eliene explains that there are many different GPS tracking apps for
parents to use on their kids. On a different note, Eliene also mentions that
most of the tracking nowadays is used for kids who are online. Eliene says
this, "...not everyone agrees that tracking everything children do online is a
good idea." She backs this up by using two examples:Caroline Knorr,a
parenting editor, and  Jen Nessel,a communications coordinator. Caroline
believes that children are more than capable of using technology better than
their own parents and says that  parents who rely on technology to see their
children, have a faulty feeling of security. Jen admits that parents' decisions 
are made solely based on fear. She considers that, partly, kids are free to

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make their own mistakes. Jen goes on about the possibilities of keeping
parent's children safe, but also takes into account parents should realize that
their children are people and they too deserve privacy. Eliene acknowledges
that parents who feel secure about  keeping an eye on their children, see that
monitoring technology must be used appropriately and responsibly, turning
off the technology in some situations. In advance, there are  circumstances
where parents may not need to track their children online because they trust
that their kids are going to do the right thing and respect their privacy.

In "Consequences of parents snooping on their teens online" in a CBS

morning talk show, discusses  the percentage of parents snooping around in
a teens phone by checking their web history, social media,phone calls and
messages. Norah O'Donnell, Dr. Damour, Gayle King,  and Charlie Rose
are part of this discussion. Norah asks if it's ok for parents to snoop on some
occasions. Dr. Damour goes back, defines what snooping is and explains
how parents snooping can harm the relationship between them and their
kids. Gayle comes in and admits that she has snooped before, but says that
the things she has found weren't interesting. Dr. Damour  says that teenagers
want privacy just for the sake of having privacy and because teens want
privacy, doesn't necessarily  mean that they're up to no good. On the
contrary, Dr. Damour explains that teens want to share information with
their parents, mainly in a healthy and safe environment. Teens who feel
accepted and trusted from their parents share more information about
themselves. She points out that snooping comes from a loving, protective
space and says that parents who snoop don't have disobedient kids.

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