Teen's Pravacy vs Protection: Keylogger

[Monami]

While some people think it is an absolute travesty to use it and it is invading teen’s privacy, but some will debate that it is absolute necessity to protect your kids from cyber world. The device (sometimes it can be a software) I am referring is a Keystroke Loggers (aka keyloggers).
If you think your child (perhaps teenage child) is acting little suspicious, would you willing to use it to spy on your child?

[Dadu2004]

It seems that most people are of the opinion that you need to trust your kid and that doing such a thing is majorly invasive of privacy.

My personal opinion? Heck yes, I would use it. My thought is that there is nothing that's going to be going on under my roof that I won't know about. Is that strict? Absolutely. But, I would do it for the protection of my family. There is a tremendous amount of danger on the internet, and quite frankly, kids and teenagers are too stupid and lack the life experience to make good judgement calls (this is a generalization that doesn't apply to EVERY situation).

Call me overly-strict. Call me Hitler. But, I will always do what I have to do to protect my family.

[AmyBelle]

No because I think thats bordering on creepy.

Meanwhile, havent we discussed this a million times over?

[Xero]

Yeah its like somone restates the exact same question in a different order once a month lol.

I wouldn't use one just to keep a regular eye on my kids, but if I felt suspicious and I felt like something was really wrong and I had good reason to, I would use one in certain situations. It would depend.

[Momnonymous]

By the time they are able to use the internet, you should have taught them not to get into dangerous situations on it.

[Father_0f_7]

Of course I have taught my children well (I believe) but that doesnt mean they arent going to want to learn for themselves.

Kids will be kids, you can teach them all the right things, how to be careful, how to act. It doesnt mean they will listen. It's their responsibility to follow the guidelines you have set for them.

[TabascoNatalie]

I think that teenagers will be one step ahead of their parents concerning IT, unless parents work for microsoft. I think as my kids will be big enough that i'd need such extreme measures -- I guess keyloggers will be a thing of the past.

[IADad]

Sure, I've taught my kids not to run into the street, I still watch them to be sure they don't.

[Momnonymous]

But do you monitor every single step your teenagers take to make sure they never go in the street?

[Xero]

Originally Posted by Momnonymous

By the time they are able to use the internet, you should have taught them not to get into dangerous situations on it.

Are you serious? My two year old uses the internet. I babysit my 5 and 7 year old cousins that straight up browse the web. You've got to be joking about that.

Originally Posted by IADad

Sure, I've taught my kids not to run into the street, I still watch them to be sure they don't.

Amen.

Originally Posted by Momnonymous

But do you monitor every single step your teenagers take to make sure they never go in the street?

No, but that's common sense by that age. Things teenagers have trouble dealing with are social situations, peer pressure, the temptations to do things they aren't supposed to because they could be fun, etc. The internet falls into that category (the teenager catagory). Not running in the street falls into the toddler/small child catagory. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't compare the way I teach and supervise a toddler to the way I teach and supervise a teenager.