Are there parents who insist their kids text them as soon as
they get on the bus and as soon as they get to school? Do parents download and
install GPS-related software so parents know where their kids are at all times?
Forbes Living asks these questions and a few more to gauge if parents snoop on
their kids.
Today’s children have many more possibilities to end up in
danger than in previous decades. The
Internet and smart phones with Internet access make it easy for anyone to
contact them. Social media accounts are also huge draws for the wrong kind of
people to reach out and touch kids. So, we ask: should parents snoop on their
kids? Do they snoop on their kids and how?
In earlier times, it was common for mothers to read their daughter’s
diaries. Now both parents can see what their brood is writing on the Internet
and in texts and can monitor it.
There are some products parents can use to keep track of
what kids are up to: NetNanny, SafeEyes, and MamaBear to name just a few. Forbes Living TV asks why parents need products like these and the answer is this:
more than three quarters of American kids age12 to 17 have cell phones, half of
those devices has Internet access, social media and email access. In addition,
a survey found that 40% of fifth graders have their own cellphones, 75% of
teens aged 13 to 17 have at least one social media account, and more than two-thirds
say they text every day. Parents always
want to be sure their children are safe. Snooping on kids is one way to find
out if they are okay, happy, not being bullied, where they say they are and
safe.
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