>Children do not have a "right" to privacy, >especially when it comes to computers. With all >of the posts that say parents should take >responsibility for what their kids do, you can't >allow "private" files on a computer, esp. one that has net access.
Searching through a child's things and files is not the way to get to know your child and be there for them. Talking to them and spending times with them is. Looking through their things will just widen the gap between children and parents and eliminate trust. The right to personal privacy is a generally accepted right(protected under Amendment 9). If children don't have this right, when does it become applicable? Would it be just for the people in charge of you, the government, to search through your private things? It is not that far a step, not to sound paranoid.
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>Children do not have a "right" to privacy, >especially when it comes to computers. With all >of the posts that say parents should take >responsibility for what their kids do, you can't >allow "private" files on a computer, esp. one that has net access.
Searching through a child's things and files is not the way to get to know your child and be there for them. Talking to them and spending times with them is. Looking through their things will just widen the gap between children and parents and eliminate trust.
The right to personal privacy is a generally accepted right(protected under Amendment 9). If children don't have this right, when does it become applicable? Would it be just for the people in charge of you, the government, to search through your private things? It is not that far a step, not to sound paranoid.