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Let’s face it. We live in a world where child molesters are in every corner. They’re in the playgrounds. They’re in the schools. They’re in the churches. They’re in our homes. They’re on the Internet, Facebooking and MySpacing your sweet, innocent, adorable little angels. And let’s not get started with serial killers and people who are itching to sell your children’s kidney in the black market for avant garde culinary douchebags to turn into Chinese soup.
We need to be mindful of our children’s whereabouts at all times, by any means necessary. Question is, are we really willing to go through these means? Would you go through any length to protect your child? Would you go as far as putting a GPS tracking device on your precious sons and daughters?
I would.
Well, it depends, really. If I have a young kid, still unaware of the dangers his environment poses, I’d be willing to put a Child GPS Tracking Device on him/her. This device can tell me if my child leaves a designated zone, and then it can track the little ball of curiosity once he/she leaves said zone. There will be issues about child independence, but come on. Does a toddler really need all the freedom open-minded parents can give him/her?
I would rather be branded as an obsessive compulsive parent than be the idiot caught unawares by the sudden disappearance of his child. Of course, once my child reaches his/her adolescence, I’d most probably let the punk choose whether he/she wants a tracking device on him/her or not. He/She would probably choose not to be tracked like a convicted serial mass rapist, and that’s fine with me. It’s not my ass in danger of being violated by real serial mass rapists.
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This has so many repercussions on privacy, especially as the kid grows up. And even before so, making them traceable to parents also means making them traceable to tech-savvy monsters who can access your child’s data.
I thought this was like a small chip installed in the child’s brain. Too many thrillers seen.
I’ll prolly just teach my kid the ways of the ninja.
@CM: You have a point there, but as long as the parents themselves remain vigilant, the child’s compromised location is no biggie.
@Helga: You lie. You’re not even a ninja. Pff.