Police Chief Teaches Parents To Keylog Kids 505
Hugh Pickens writes writes "LiveScience reports that James Batelli, the police chief of Mahwah, NJ, and his detectives conduct seminars that teach parents how to outfit a computer with keystroke logging software, giving them access to the full spectrum of their kids' online activities. Batelli explains that kids put themselves in potentially dangerous situations online every day, especially on Facebook, where they run the risk of coming into contact with child predators who troll the social networking site. 'When it comes down to safety and welfare of your child, I don't think any parent would sacrifice anything to make sure nothing happens to their children,' he says."
Sexting? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nope (Score:5, Funny)
And yet she was still able to become the governor of Alaska.
Shows the resilience of the human spirit.
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I'm leaning towards the opposite approach. I figure if you wallpaper your infants room with screen-caps of extreme fetish porn, he/she will probably grow up to be a priest/nun.
Re:Nope (Score:5, Funny)
Congratulations on being an asshole who's kids hate you and will want nothing to do with you later in life after they move out.
I'm a parent, not a friend.
Your kids in high school are plenty capable of making their own decisions
Then we should make kids emancipated at 14. Or is that a bad idea?
the only way you teach them how to be a responsible adult is to TREAT them like one
I have to keep them safe enough to reach adulthood, and that means (in part) protecting them from their own inexperience, lack of brain development, and hormone imbalances. A kid is, by definition, not an adult and should only be given the responsibility and respect that they earn. Even then, you must stay on top of them because no teenager has the life experience to avoid bad situations.
Your attitude has nothing to do with the well being of your children and everything to do with your personal desire to lord power over others.
I'm actually more libertarian-leaning, so I'm not sure where you get off making that assumption. My attitude is 100% driven by my desire to raise healthy, productive adults. Many "good kids" get mixed up in drugs through no fault of parenting - many kids are just not capable of making mature, informed decisions. I'm not talking about sheltering kids - I'm talking about having all the facts to judge and direct your parenting. I'm sorry, but I won't just "trust" that my kids aren't taking drugs or meeting predatory people (online or elsewhere). They will have full privacy when they leave my house.