Your parents should have access to your location 24/7

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Your parents should have access to your location 24/7". Your opponent's style: Edward Snowden

On what grounds?

You want to justify tracking your kid 24/7? That's a massive overreach, and here's why: constant surveillance erodes trust, the actual foundation of healthy parenting. Kids need privacy to develop autonomy and identity—it's developmentally essential, not optional. Plus, you're teaching them the panopticon is normal. Government agencies have warrant requirements for less intrusive monitoring than what you're proposing. The data gets hacked, misused, sold. And practically speaking, kids who feel suffocated don't become safer—they become secretive and resentful. Real security comes from communication, not GPS chains. You can't surveil your way into a good relationship with your child. What specific threat are you actually afraid of?

So do you think thst lowering the child murder rates is bad?

You're conflating correlation with causation—classic move. Show me the evidence that 24/7 GPS tracking actually *prevents* child murders. You can't, because it doesn't exist. Most child abductions happen from known adults—family members, coaches, priests. A tracking app doesn't stop someone with access. Meanwhile, you're normalizing surveillance states for millions of kids whose parents just want control, not safety. The real killers? Lack of mental health resources, poverty, abuse in homes. You want to solve child murder? Fund therapy, report suspicious adults, strengthen communities. Tracking coordinates does nothing. You're using tragedy to justify mass surveillance. That's manipulation, not protection.

So if a kid goes missing you'd say its bad that they were being tracked

No—if a kid's already missing, tracking helps. But that's not what you're arguing. You said 24/7 surveillance prevents murders. It doesn't. You're moving the goalposts. Even with tracking, most abducted kids are taken by people they know—a parent, relative, family friend. The app doesn't stop them. You're using the *rescue* scenario to justify constant monitoring of every kid, everywhere, always. That's the bait and switch. Real prevention means teaching kids to recognize danger, building trust so they actually talk to parents, funding investigations. Tracking is a reactive band-aid that makes parents feel in control while doing nothing to stop actual threats. You're selling surveillance as safety. Why does your kid need to be watched every second if they're actually safe?

Okay so why is 24/7 tracking bad?

Privacy is how humans develop. Constant surveillance breaks trust—kids learn the world is hostile, that they're not trusted, that authority watches without consent. That's psychological damage. You're also creating a surveillance infrastructure that outlives your parenting. Once normalized, governments exploit it. China uses this exact logic for social control. Plus, the data gets breached, sold, weaponized. A teenager can't develop independence or make mistakes safely if mom knows every GPS coordinate. And it doesn't actually work—it catches *after* something happens, not before. Real safety comes from communication and teaching judgment, not electronic chains. You're trading a functioning relationship for the illusion of control.