With New Techonology, Trust Has Been Lost.

            Because of the new technology we have, many parents have invested in car cameras, house cameras, tracking devices and more to see their children’s every move. New phones have apps that can put a GPS in a phone to see where someone is. Car cameras and a GPS to see where their child is going and what they are doing in their car. House cameras to see what their child is doing in every room. Parents go as far as reading their children's text messages and looking through their pictures. Whether it’s going on the website to spy on their child or they leave their phone on the couch to go to the bathroom. Is that messed up or is that just me?

        Parents do not realize how this makes us feel. We feel like we cannot be trusted and we feel like they are invading our privacy. How are we supposed to gain trust if the parents do not trust them in the first place? My father said, “I would never do that to you. It shows how insecure some parents really are. I wouldn’t know how to work it anyways.”

        My opinion on these kinds of devices is that they are really weird. I would feel uncomfortable if my parents ever had one of these for me. I also think that if parents shelter their kids they are going to rebel even more. For instance there is a new show on TV called Preachers Daughters. One daughter, Taylor, is 17 years old and her father will not let her date. He said she can date when she moves out. So she went behind his back and went to a hotel party. Her mother’s curiosity of where she was led her to ask the mother of the girl where Taylor said she was staying. I know my parents would never do this. I think even if they thought I was doing something bad they wouldn’t want to know. 
       Parents obviously want to know what their children are doing but there is a line between being a crazy obsessive parent and a concerned parent. With parents and there children there needs to be trust, and in order to trust your child  you need to set them free. I will never be the parent who looks through my children's bags and room while they aren't around because I know I will need to trust. When is too much, too much?