I didn’t have a cell phone until I was 17, but still used the house phone to call and talk to friends. A house phone a parent can always listen in to conversations but still respect the child’s privacy. The child also knows that they can be listened in on and that their privacy is restricted.

The child may also learn about making social effort to keep in touch rather than relying on a beacon to ping them about social events.

You’re getting downvoted but I agree that this person has a communication problem with their child. And it isn’t because the kid figured out how to use the device.

You might be right they are distracted (mostly by capital). It’s a chicken and egg problem. You have to build the platform to stop the abuse on the platform.

The otherside is hands off parenting. I think after about 2 children, parents tend to get tired of being so restrictive there for the youngest gets what they want and other stereotypes.

In the end it’s probably not about the tightness so much as remaining involved and honest and open with your child.

Agreed. We have to stop this “first-class” citizen for anything but general communication platforms. This allows creating a barrier between specialists and common users.

Beasthacker is a hilarious identity to assume for someone so keen on using tech that does the parenting for them.

Hardly a comment worth singing up to HN to post.

All of your comments are gold and worth signing up to post. You’re an intellectual no one can touch. Oooh look at you and your comment worthiness.

Womp womp