by Rita Malheiro

“I had a feeling she might be watching me”. It can be wrongly interpreted but in this case, he knows, she knows, they all know. New Era technologies allow you to know where your loved ones are at any time and even how long have they stayed at a certain place. It goes even further, with systems that can be incorporated into cellphone software, allowing you to block your children from viewing sexual content, block certain phone numbers, shut down their devices during any given periods and even monitor how much and who they are texting.

This all looks nice but some parents take full and inappropriate advantage of these systems and kind of stalk their kids’ lives. Some say that by doing that, children will start losing their sense of privacy. In future relationships (or even friendships), they might not be able to distinguish between a healthy and an unhealthy one, with partners wanting to know all their passwords and every move their “loved ones” make.

There are also those who use these systems to make themselves feel safer, by making sure that their kid is coming home without any incidents or if their spouse is moving in the horrible snow storm that might be happening outside, or by knowing that their lover is going to get home by dinner time so that things can be arranged and scheduled accordingly, for instance.

It all has to do with who is using it and how that person is using it. As long as there’s mutual trust and respect, this kind of systems can be very helpful and assist us in positive ways.

What about you, what do you think about this subject?

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