Harlan Coben

to understand where my parents are coming from now, and why my parents went through my phone, computer, and diary’s as often as they did; they were just doing their job as my caregiver. In the op-ed article “The Undercover Parent,” by Harlan Coben (2008) claims that spyware is a great way to monitor their children’s internet activity. Coban identifies both the positive and negative options of how spyware can be used to watch over teenagers and their internet activity. He encourages…

conversations with others. Mr. Harlan Coben has made an argument stating why you should and how you should be able to spy on your kids without them knowing. In my opinion I just recommend to give your kids trust so that they may also trust you with anything they need and with that comes less secrets for a parent to try to find out. With trusting your kids comes safe parenting and one will be able to show more respect for the young ones. For example from what I read in Coben paragraph 7 kids…

Is spyware a good idea to keep your kids safe from dangerous chatters online? Harlan Coben, author of “The Undercover parent”, discusses that spyware may not be such a bad idea. Although it may sound like a good idea, there might be some invasion of privacy. I agree and disagree with Coben’s argument about putting spyware in your kids computer. From my point of view, I do and I don’t think it’s a good idea to keep your kids safe by putting spyware in their computer. For one reason why I do…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like losing both of your parents, and have the one important thing in your life go missing? Well, this horrible scenario happened to Mickey Bolitar in the book Shelter, by Harlan Coben. In this book Mickey has moved from town to town all his life, but his parents have decided to settle in a small town in New Jersey, to finish out high school. At the activity for new students Mickey meets a girl named Ashley and soon gains lots of feelings for her and…

Harlan Coben the author explains in this article named, “The Undercover Parents.” Explains how parents should monitor their kids. I agree with Harlan Coben that parents should monitor their kids for many reasons. Coben also explains how the internet is dangerous for teenagers, because they might share information about their parents or about their life.That might affect them in the future for sharing information. That is one reason why it is dangerous for teenagers using the internet. Here goes…

use spyware then you should tell you child because they will have a heads up as to what you are going to do. Harlan coben (the author of the undercover parent) gives examples of friends who have used spyware and saw that their son or daughter were doing illegal activities or were doing stuff that went against the parents. Coben goes on to explain how the article can be a dangerous place. Coben says you should just use spyware to monitor your teens activities instead of going through their…

In “The Undercover Parent,” a newspaper article written by Harlan Coben (in March 16, 2008), Coben insists that parents install spyware on their children’s computer, but to use it only to a specific level. He argues that parents should have this software to make sure that their kids are guarded and that they are not contacting with anyone that may cause them any harm. However, he also understands that parents should not use it to find out personal information or to read the gossip that happens…

Harlan Coben wrote “Undercover Parent”. Spyware is you having the ability to log every keystroke your child makes and thus a good portion of his/her private world. How would you feel if your teen was being stalked by a pedifile? The internet can be a dangerous place. It can be dangerous because teens are stalked by strangers on the internet. Bad things can happen to them such as being kidnapped. The first reason Coben introduces spyware is so parents can monitor what their teen is doing. A…

Harlan Coben’s OpEd piece “The Undercover Parent” is a powerful piece written to convince parents that the benefits of spyware greatly outweigh the invasion of privacy. Throughout his essay, he maintains a friendly, parent-to-parent tone that one can compare to a conversation over coffee. As a college student without children, I found it difficult to understand the importance of monitoring children’s internet activities. However, when I forced myself to take on the perspective of a parent, I…

responsibly protective parent and the irresponsibly nosy parent are discussed in “The Undercover Parent” an article by Harlan Coben, and in this essay as well.…