Super-Snooper Parents Putting Out Welcome Mat for Big Brother?
New Haven Register › March 03, 2008
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PRETTY soon, we're going have to amend the favorite mom-and-dad moniker of the moment. Those vaunted helicopter parents are turning into black-helicopter parents. The image of parents hovering over their kids is morphing into the darker image of parents spying on their kids. Here is the latest bit of high-tech surveillance equipment being marketed to parents. A company inauspiciously named Bladerunner has begun selling a jacket with a GPS device sewn into the lining. For a mere $500, plus $20 a month, a parent can track a child, or at least his jacket, all day long.
This is a small addition to the family-friendly arsenal. We already have a full range of cell phones equipped with GPS. Indeed, the most common cell phone greeting is not, "How are you?" but, "Where are you?" Parents are being sold the idea that they can trust but Wherify, the name of one among the many manufacturers offering services that beam your kids' whereabouts to your cell phone.See the full content of this document
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Super-Snooper Parents Putting Out Welcome Mat for Big Brother?
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