Tuesday, May 06, 2008 Tracking Every Mistake POST A COMMENT I'm not a big invasion-of-my-privacy dude - So, I get... Tracking software - (allowing Parents to monitor their kids daily performance) - "Did the homework go from backpack to teacher's hand? It's about accountability for me." Said one parent. "Instead of saying, 'How was school?' I can say, 'I know how the test went. Good job.'" The perks of engaging parents - (like an early warning system) - is to catch the patterns of mess-ups, before total failure. The backlash is more psychological: "If you're overly involved and breathing down your kids' neck...they are not going to share with you what's going on in other aspects of their lives...they'll build big thick walls in other areas you want them to communicate with you about" Also, tightening the grip with I-need-to-know-everything adds more pressure to make everything perfect. Which is good if you want to turn your kid into a neurotic mess. A big part of growing into responsible adults is about allowing kids to make their own mistakes...Ultimately, allowing them to learn from their mistakes. It's about finding that balance; let's at least give them an allusion of independence - (I mean, isn't the allusion of freedom the real American way). Source: NY Times, ABC News Labels: News Trends, Tracking Software posted by Henry Cruz at 1:03 PM     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 . September 2008 .