The notion that parents have a right to spy on their kids *just because* comes from several severe ethical distortions.
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On one hand, parents are frequently told it's 'their' kid and thus their decision what to do.
OTOH, state often interferes and takes kids.
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In the lacuna between these bizarre views, almost any infringement on a child's dignity can be made.
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On the one hand we have parents with tracker apps, feeling perfectly justified because the law doesn't explicitly speak against them.
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On the other, kids are estranged from their parents by theoretically unlimited (and practically very sweeping) state sanction to overrule.
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In many countries where kids used to play with minimal to no supervision in more dangerous times, they are now under constant adult guard.
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