Social Media Spying On Children's Privacy

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Today’s parents are overprotective of their kids, makes sense since six out of ten kids have access to the internet at home,"Home Computer Access and Internet Use." Child Trends. 2015. Web. 09 Feb. 2016. meaning 57 percent of kids ages three to seventeen are exposed to the things the internet has to offer. But parenting goes to another level when parents decide it's appropriate to cyber spy on their kids, checking their web browsing, social media activity, text messages. Parents shouldn’t violate their kids privacy and check their internet usage and social media because it will damage the relationship between kid and parent, hurt them mentally and because it’s wrong to invade their privacy. .
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Since when is technology required to do the parenting for the parents. Yalda Uhls, a developmental psychologist and media researcher, states in the new york post that spying on your kids doesn’t build an honest relationship between the parents and their kids and like any extreme parenting, they may rebel against it. Michael Brody, a child psychiatrist and head of media committee for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, adds that parents and kids need a strong bond instead of the spying and monitoring on their social lives. "Is It Ever OK for Parents to Cyber-spy on Their Kids?" New York Post Is It Ever OK for Parents to Cyberspy on Their kids Comments. 2014. Web. 10 Feb. 2016. Another expert who disagrees with parents cyber …show more content…

So why would there be a need to invade your kid's privacy if it is really unlikely for them to actually be attacked by a sexual predator. And again, with a good talk and nice parenting from parents it can really be

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