-by Tom Barten

Actually, I don’t mean literally the question “was it the chicken or the egg?”, but I use it as some sort of metaphor for this situation: “When your kid is on the Internet, do you, as a parent,  control your kid’s online behavior? Or do you have the idea: what my kid does online, is his responsibility.” So in other words, is the parent or the child responsible for the child’s online behavior?

I wonder how parents are looking to this subject. Even how kid’s are looking at this subject! They can think: “pf, leave me alone, parents are stupid!” So in that case, the child doesn’t want to be checked on his/her online behavior… Does he/she say this on purpose? Or is he/she aware of their so called “right to privacy” to block off their parents? And do you, as a parent, want to stick your nose into your child’s business? It is your child, but then again, you don’t own them… Or do you? Very curious…