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Opinion: "Pretty soon, we're going have to amend the favorite mom and dad moniker of the moment. Those much vaunted "helicopter parents" are turning into "black-helicopter parents." The image of parents hovering over their kids is morphing into the darker image of parents spying on their kids.
Here is the latest bit of high-tech surveillance equipment being marketed to parents. A company inauspiciously named Bladerunner has begun selling a jacket with a GPS device sewn into the lining. For a mere $500 plus $20 a month, a parent can track a child, or at least his jacket, all day long.
This is a just small addition to the family-friendly arsenal. We already have a full range of cell phones equipped with GPS. Indeed, the most common cell phone greeting is not "how are you?" but "where are you?""
Big Brother meets Big Parent - International Herald Tribune
Here is the latest bit of high-tech surveillance equipment being marketed to parents. A company inauspiciously named Bladerunner has begun selling a jacket with a GPS device sewn into the lining. For a mere $500 plus $20 a month, a parent can track a child, or at least his jacket, all day long.
This is a just small addition to the family-friendly arsenal. We already have a full range of cell phones equipped with GPS. Indeed, the most common cell phone greeting is not "how are you?" but "where are you?""
Big Brother meets Big Parent - International Herald Tribune
