THE CBS EARLY SHOW introduces another nifty tool for the helicopter parent: 

Teachers use the computer system to input information on everything the students are doing. Parents just need a password to log on for the details. Denise Schlotthauer says she checks in regularly on her son, David. “Probably about once a week, where I go pretty thorough,” she told Bowers. “If I know something is coming up that’s important, I might check more often.”

Even at lunch, parents can monitor all their children’s choices. Students say the monitoring has made a difference in their lives. “I could get detention before and my dad wouldn’t know. But now he’ll know about it, so basically I’ve got to stop getting those,” said student Ted Woydt.

More frequent updates on my kids academic process I can get behind, but the rest? Seems excessive. Some of the parents I know would drive themselves batty, sitting in front of the screen frantically clicking the refresh button. And what about the kids? I would have been completely creeped out if I knew my parents were monitoring my every move at school, and it certainly doesn’t foster any level of trust. With the rapid advancement of technology, we need to remember that just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should.

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