Thursday, January 16, 2014

Summary of Harlan Coben's "Undercover Parent"


In Harlan Coben’s essay “Undercover Parent”, the issue of parents putting spyware in their childrens’ computers is brought up. He poses the question of whether or not invading teenagers privacy is wrong or if it is allowable in order to protect their children. Coben uses examples like his friend found out that his straight A daughter was actually using drugs and sleeping with her drug dealer to convey the audience that spyware is okay as long as it is for the right reasons.  Coben ends his summary by saying that even though our society is based on freedom, the extensive amounts of information on Internet can get our children in trouble and parents need to protect them. He also suggests that it is a good idea to tell children that you have put spyware in their computers or just show them his article and have a serious talk about the danger of the Internet.

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