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When safety technology becomes surveillance anxiety

I bought my teenager a phone to keep her safe but now I track her location obsessively and I think the phone made me the danger I was trying to protect her from.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Protective tools transform caring parents into anxious monitors, creating new forms of harm.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and children — the debate?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.