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Parents Attach Camera to Son to Capture First Day of School
ABC ^ | August 21, 2014 | Good Morning America

Posted on 08/21/2014 10:33:23 AM PDT by Altariel

For the parents of a first-grader in Florida, simply asking their son what he did on his first day of school this year was not enough.

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KEYWORDS: camera; firstdayofschool; florida; gopro

1 posted on 08/21/2014 10:33:23 AM PDT by Altariel
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To: Altariel; Morgana

That’s one way to keep an eye on the teacher.


2 posted on 08/21/2014 10:36:28 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (ISIS has started up a slave trade in Iraq. Mission accomplshed, Barack, Mission accomplished.)
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To: Altariel
Talk about a helicopter parent!!!

Man, I feel sorry for that kid if his parents don't learn how to let go a little.

3 posted on 08/21/2014 10:39:34 AM PDT by scouter
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To: scouter

Public schools do not deserve trust


4 posted on 08/21/2014 10:46:21 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Altariel

Just wait till the youngster gets his first smartphone...


5 posted on 08/21/2014 10:54:12 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Altariel

Future “bullied cam” I’m thinking.


6 posted on 08/21/2014 11:03:08 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: GeronL
Public schools do not deserve trust

If they can't trust the school they're sending him to, then they're negligent parents. That isn't what this was about. And if it was, they should send him to a private school they do trust, or homeschool him. But to put a camera on him all day?! Seriously?

7 posted on 08/21/2014 11:15:10 AM PDT by scouter
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To: scouter

I belong to a homeschooling group, and all the moms and oftentimes dads, too, come with the kids for the weekly activities. We’re all our kids’ primary teachers.

There’s really nothing wrong with parents participating in their children’s lives - it’s a product of modern, “the government schools know best” mentality to think otherwise. For thousands of years, kids lived happily with parents at home on farms or in villages. It doesn’t necessarily ruin a child’s life to have a parent along. We certainly don’t go out and play with them with the other kids during free time or lunch time - we like to talk nearby with adults.


8 posted on 08/21/2014 11:15:36 AM PDT by agrarianlady
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To: scouter

Just for one day? Sounds like an interesting project


9 posted on 08/21/2014 11:19:27 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: scouter

and if it is a public school, then nothing that happens there is a secret from parents, right?


10 posted on 08/21/2014 11:30:42 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: agrarianlady
I belong to a homeschooling group, and all the moms and oftentimes dads, too, come with the kids for the weekly activities. We’re all our kids’ primary teachers.

I have no problem with that. We occasionally did the same when our kids were in school. But that's not what this was. I still think this kid is at risk of being raised by helicopter parents. I could be wrong, but that's the way I see it.

I've seen mothers leave their husbands for 4 years to actually move to the city where their kid was going to college so they could help manage their lives. They call their kids' professors to complain when their kid gets a "B" instead of an "A". That's what this smacks of, in my opinion. Your mileage may vary.

11 posted on 08/21/2014 11:32:18 AM PDT by scouter
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To: GeronL
and if it is a public school, then nothing that happens there is a secret from parents, right?

That wasn't what this was about. And if they don't trust the school, then what the hell are they doing sending him there?! They should find a school they do trust, or homeschool him.

12 posted on 08/21/2014 11:34:03 AM PDT by scouter
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To: Altariel

I wish my daughter had worn (a secret) one a few times in high school. I would have had several a hole teachers and administrators t!ts in a wringer for sure.


13 posted on 08/21/2014 11:34:09 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Altariel

clever ways of using a GOPRO camera


14 posted on 08/22/2014 3:28:06 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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