It depends on the parents. We let our kids go off together a lot more than most parents. They both get themselves to school, and have done so for years. Weâll let them go off to the park unsupervised etc. Older kid goes off for a couple of hours at a time on bike/train adventures. Yes, his phone has tracking on it, but he leaves it home a lot and honestly I ever used it the first week to verify it was working.
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SituationCake@aussie.zone âš2â© âšweeksâ© ago
I have had a realisation that todays kids will never experience a life where they are not under constant observation. And itâs probably willingly. Social media, tracking aps on phone from parents, data collected on their preferences for any media they engage with, smart watches that monitor movement and sleep, etc.
Nath@aussie.zone âš2â© âšweeksâ© ago
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone âš2â© âšweeksâ© ago
what do you mean by âitâs probably willinglyâ??
I need clarification, but without it, any way I can interpret that as a is very superficial and probably a very unrealistic conception of what âtodayâs kidsâ need from/experience as life
SituationCake@aussie.zone âš2â© âšweeksâ© ago
I mean there are reasons these services are used, like wanting to know how many steps we took, engaging with peers, know where other people are located etc. Not saying itâs all doom and gloom. Just observing that it used to be that you could go around walking, sleeping, shopping, socialising and watching movies without data being collected for every tiny life detail. Itâs just different, thatâs all. For younger people itâs normal, but for older people it feels⊠I dunno, like something has been lost that will never be gotten back.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš2â© âšweeksâ© ago
that will change as they see the abuses that can and will happen
Catfish@aussie.zone âš2â© âšweeksâ© ago
At least I hope so. Some Euro countries have already had law cases about excessive underage exposure. But I can see it going the opposite way in the US
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone âš2â© âšweeksâ© ago
I accidentally downvoted you for the last couple hours sorry