Show Notes
Parents can now know where their child is, read school portals, monitor screen time, track devices, and see bank transactions. We are the first generation of parents capable of knowing almost everything our teenagers are doing. But just because we can track our kids, should we be doing it? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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