This NYtimes article that i recently just read, is talking about a program where the parents can actually monitor what the child is doing with the school work and what not. This program comes at a time when children want to manage their own life and do what they want to do, but ParentConnect allows the parents to hold a tighter grip on what their child is up to.Depending on the software, parents can check pending assignments; incomplete assignments; whether a child has been late to class; discipline notices; and grades on homework, quizzes and tests as soon as they are posted. They can also receive e-mail alerts on their cellphones.In rural, urban and suburban districts, they have become a new fact of life for thousands of families. At best, the programs can be the Internet’s bright light into the bottomless backpack, an antidote for freshman forgetfulness, an early warning system and a lie detector. With this program their is no secrets between them and their kids concerning their education. I think that this program is a total invasion of privacy. I think parents should know when their child is cutting class or when they are about to fail, but having them know every little thing their child does or doesnt do is a little overbearing. Children derserve their privacy, and it will just make them not want to tell their parents anything when the parents are constantly interigating them about their school work.
