Technology might change but dysfunction never does:
From the comfort of his home, the Tennessee father watched his daughter trundle along safely. Katie didn’t know the drone was following her and was “pretty surprised” when she found out about it—we would be too if a drone was lurking about and eyeing us from above. (Whispers of the drone being comparable to Lord Sauron’s all-seeing eye and 1984‘s Big Brother have been detected around the office.)
Early told a reporter that he just wanted his daughter to know that “daddy’s always watching.” Yikes… Move over “helicopter parenting,” “drone parenting” is coming through.
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When I was about 18, I had managed to get my driver’s license and pass the driving test, but I was not allowed to drive by myself. I wanted to go to school for a MUN meeting in the morning, and the school bus didn’t get there that early, there was nobody in the neighborhood with whom I could get a ride, and my parents refused to drive me. There was no public transportation in that area. Fed up, I just grabbed my backpack and the keys to the car, and started driving to school.
My father got in his car and I tried to lose him, but he followed me all the way to school. I missed that meeting.
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Very sad. I’m so sorry.
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I only mention the story because it proves your point — control freakness and overprotectivenss is there even if the technology isn’t.
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How long before these freaks install cameras in/on their childrens’ genitalia?
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There is a company that I know of that specializes in installing tracking devices on children. Maybe not the genitals yet but I’m sure soon enough somebody will think of it.
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…and the inevitable day when those servers/cameras/whatever are hacked will come and everyone will be charged.
They already sell semen detection kits on the internet.
I think though they’ll come up with genital recognition technology so you can’t take pictures or receive pictures of anyone’s junk on your cell phone, which will work about as well as nanny bowderlizing software for texts/messenger services.
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BUT DADDY, THAT’S NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS, IT’S PADDINGTON BEAR SITTING BETWEEN TWO RED NOSES FROM THE RED NOSE CAMPAIGN!
🙂
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