Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children
by thomastjeffery on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:27PM
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I think it's important to say that this problem isn't innately about women: it's about the interpersonal social dynamics between women in our society. Whether or not those social dynamics could have developed in a society between men instead is irrelevant: they are where they are.
My philosophy (as someone who is not a parent) is that the real problem is engagement.
Social media cannot replace parental engagement. What people tell each other is that it can, only that it does so in a negative way. That's not true. Social media cannot replace parental engagement. The only void it can fill is time.
Parents who invade the privacy of their children incidentally engage with them. That engagement alone is the cause of their success, even though they attribute that success to the boundaries and standards they set.
My philosophy (as someone who is not a parent) is that the real problem is engagement.
Social media cannot replace parental engagement. What people tell each other is that it can, only that it does so in a negative way. That's not true. Social media cannot replace parental engagement. The only void it can fill is time.
Parents who invade the privacy of their children incidentally engage with them. That engagement alone is the cause of their success, even though they attribute that success to the boundaries and standards they set.