2010-04-16, 12:03 AM
Beloved Wrote:I tl;dr'd the vast majority of posts above.
If the child is under 12 years of age, it goes by how much I trust them based on their maturity. And yes, I've seen 9 year olds with iphones AND debit cards (wtfrichkids!?).
If they're over 12, I'm less inclined on intruding their privacy. Be it cellphone, diary or their desks, that all is their space now. I have to accept that my kids have grown up at this point and therefore I should trust them. And of course, they have to understand that privacy is a privilege, not a right.
Sorry but WHAT?! Privacy is a basic right, not a privilege. Privacy is a basic fundamental human right. no one has the RIGHT to know whats going on in your own mind or whats on your thoughts.
Berzerk Wrote:I'd absolutely support this. As far as I'm concerned, most 15 year olds shouldn't even NEED a Cell-phone. Regardless, and if they should, the parent should get this. This isn't an "invasion of privacy", this is Good-parenting which most American's don't even do. The next thing you want is your 15 year old sending a nude to some kid then getting into a court case about how your kid distributed child pornography. Also, if a parent is PAYING for the Cell-phone, THEY can so whatever they want and the kid should abide by that.
as far as I'm concerned my child can loose their virginity at age 12 and be sexting all day. and I don't think sexting should fall under child pornography. it wouldn't even be a problem if paranoid parents didn't monitor their kids .