Privacy In an Unrelenting world

Privacy is very important for mostly adults, children on the other hand shouldn’t have a life with no surpervision. A child’s mind is still developing and learning the world, and all the possibilities involved they need some cort of restriction. The Internet is so pervasive that you can find whatever you put your mind to, which can be very scary when it comes to younger children. The Internet or the “cloud” is advancing every year which means some parents might not realize the new ideas coming out. Everyone should have their privacy but I think it should start at a certain age, because when they’re younger they are vulnerable, especially when it comes to learning from other kids.

When Introducing young children to social media I feel there is a big change that happens, they go from playing with their toys, friends, outside, and hanging with family to always on a device, or playing a game on the phone. They lose the happiness of going outside, they will play with their friend but on the game in their room, they lose the want to spend quality time with family, it might even cause them to get mad very easily. It can become a sort of addiction for them to be on it all the time, taking them away from the real world and humanity. All childern are different but from my experience, I won’t let my kid have a phone, laptop, any electronic until they are mature enough to handle themselves and everything that comes with owning an electronic device. When my child is with other children I will be supervising what that child is teaching my child and what their interest are, you never know what another kid might know that you don’t want your kid to know.

Things affect children differently, whether it’s other children, social media, electronics, life, everyone handles things differently. Some children will experience things in life that they weren’t ready for, and others experience life in a way that was set up for them, managing what happened throughout their life. social media to me is a big thing that can change and reshape little minds that arent fully developed yet. They are easily vulnerable and are usually the ones to do whatever you do or say whatever you say, which is why children being exposed to adult things on the internet or even by another child who knows more, can be scary. Other people don’t care about what they post, so they post whatever they think will get them views, likes or follows and sometimes those things that are posted aren’t at all kid-friendly.

Technology is advancing every year with New features, apps, websites, games, etc, which means some parents might not know a lot about it or what it can do. Every year more then one new thing comes out with technology and how its advancing more then ever. To this day I still don’t fully know how to work a phone. Children like to adventure, find new things, be curious, and with social media being so pervasive it could lead them anywhere. Social media isn’t all bad but for a child I think if they have some sort of social media or electronic, then they should have parent restrictions until they are “old enough”. Everyone has the right to have their privacy. I think parent restrictions on certain things is very useful, or just checking up on your kid when another friend is over because you dont know what the other kid has learned, went through, heard, or will teach your kid.

Everyone has the right to there privacy even kids to a certain point or certain age. Electronics can change how not just children act but also how adults and teenagers can act. Restrictions are good for young children because their minds are is still growing, developing. Children are meant to be watched over until they can do things on their own, everyone has the right to privacy but children should be given some restrictions for their safety.

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