Should parents monitor their children's phone calls and text messages?
8:56 AM Friday Mar 25, 2011
New spy software has gone on sale in New Zealand to allow parents to monitor their children's text messages and cellphone calls.
The technology even has a GPS tracking device so parents know exactly where their children are at any given moment - all for a cost of $44.
Sally Rae and Steve Herstell, who launched the software in New Zealand yesterday, said the application was aimed at helping parents prevent their children become victims of bullying, sexting and grooming.
Should parents monitor their children's phone calls and text messages? Here is the latest selection of Your Views:
Susan Fraser (New Zealand) |
11:50AM Friday, 25 Mar 2011
Yes of course, it's the duty of parents to prevent harm to their children. Child innocence is such a precious thing, it must be guarded. Thank you to Sally Rae and Steve Herstell for making everyday life safer for children.
benny boy (New Zealand) |
11:50AM Friday, 25 Mar 2011
The problem here is not about the children and parents, but if this software is misused by others. I don't know how the software works exactly because it is not mentioned here, but this is probably my only concern.
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Together with a lack of control and removal of parental tools to encourage discipline, increasingly younger child labour, a government bent on destroying our social fabric in the pursuit of every dollar, I despair for the future of our children. Here are some things I would add.
Drinking age 21, Drivers license age 19, Voting age 21, Smoking of any substance including tobacco age 21. Children are just like puppies, leave them to their own devices and they will pick up bad habits and become useless.