Analysis Of The Article 'Parents Shouldn' T Spy On Children

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Imagine you are an 14 year old boy or girl and you get surprised with your first phone, you race to your room to unpackage it and get it set up. You immediately download all of the social media your friends have been raving about. To test your new phone you text your mom, who’s phone is seated next to you. You look at your phone a see that a notice popped up, “Are you sure you want to send this message?” You are so confused. You select yes and your moms phone receives not one text but 2. One text says that you just sent a text and asked if you wanted to view it. You race downstairs and ask your mom what it is and she states that she has been getting random texts whenever people in her contacts send a message to anyone. That’s a lie. …show more content…

Weir states that, “According to FBI figures, the violent crime rate dropped 48 percent between 1993 and 2011. Child death rates are down. Reports of missing children are at record lows” (Weir 3). This shows that it isn’t necessary to spy on your kid because the crime rates have gone down a huge percent, and missing children report which is generally the most worrisome for parents are at the lowest they have ever been. This is important because with the crime and missing children’s reports being very low they would not take a random spike most likely. So your child is safer then they have ever been in the past. This is similar to technology, technology continues to evolve, it gets better and better. However it may take occasional dips. Just like technology children’s safety is like this, the safety of our communities continue to improve with spikes, and sometimes it dips but lucky enough for us, we are currently on the uphill when it comes to safety, and technology for that matter. Since we are on the uphill, we are living in an extremely safe time there is no need to use spyware to spy on your kids, considering your community, especially if they are a teenager you should trust them. If you don’t, something much worse could …show more content…

This is saying that when parents are overprotective, whether that is just not letting them be independent or by using spyware to monitor them, it can lead to pretty drastic metal health issues, or even the chance of them becoming even more distant then they may have been before. This is important because it proves that being an overprotective parent can have a bad effect on your child. Not only will your child not be able to experience what it feels like to be independent, it may also lead to your kid having mental health issues. For example, if you are too overprotective of your child, they will not feel trusted so they will try to rebel. When they try to rebel, then you will have to become even more protective, so when they have something they are doing they will not know how you will react, causing them to get anxiety. This is just one more reason why you should not spy on your kids. You should not spy on your kids

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