Wednesday, August 04, 2004
First Metal Detectors, Now This
While some US schools have been messing around with video camera surveillance in school hallways, Japan has gone a step further. Beginning in October, an elementary school is going to attach RFID tags to every student's nameplate and bookbag to track where she goes. Readers in school doorways will register whether the student is in the building or has snuck out for a cigarette. Readers in doorways to dangerous areas will alert authorities if they need to come running.
The British are working on the problem, too. In Britain, concerned parents can follow their child's whereabouts by tracking the kid's mobile phone using a service called ChildLocate.
As one astute parent put it, however, both attempts at keeping our kids safer "seem to have skipped a few steps, like teaching kids common sense..."
In the long run, it's probably a very bad idea to let technology do your parenting for you.
The British are working on the problem, too. In Britain, concerned parents can follow their child's whereabouts by tracking the kid's mobile phone using a service called ChildLocate.
As one astute parent put it, however, both attempts at keeping our kids safer "seem to have skipped a few steps, like teaching kids common sense..."
In the long run, it's probably a very bad idea to let technology do your parenting for you.
# posted by AmandaWelsh @ 4:03 PM 
