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[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Hey Billy want to come to cool sex drug party? Aw I cant my mom will know. Oh Billy don't ya know ? You gotta rip that out and attach it underneath your school bus seat.

Joking but in all honesty kids are smart and creative. As such most will find ways around this. They'll even come up with a slang word for these like "narc shoes" or something

[–] qupada@fedia.io 90 points 1 week ago (11 children)

"Surveillance-minded" (hereafter, "Helicopter") parents were almost certainly already doing that.

It just required a sharp knife and a tube of contact adhesive previously.

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[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This reminds me of an episode of Black Mirror that I can't remember the name of.

[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just give them a phone. Then at least they get something they want with it, instead of ugly shoes.

[–] Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Young children should absolutely not have a phone, unless I suppose it's completely locked down to chat apps and the tracking I suppose...

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

Those happen to be the things a child should not be exposed to

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Learn to use the tools to protect your kids. iPhones and Android can absolutely be locked down for children. Or just get an apple watch or flip phone. All better than a fucking airtag.

My kids got an apple watch, locked down during school hours, etc.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Better for what purpose? If you’re on holiday in a busy, foreign city, an AirTag for location tracking is much cheaper than this other options.

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[–] underline960@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

"Can"? Were they physically unable to before?

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[–] sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The peak of evolved kids shoes are those with wheels on the heels ("Heelys")

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