Monitoring is not parenting.(Column)

Byline: Kevin A. Wilson The morning our Sept. 4 Teen Driver Education issue went in the mail, National Public Radio aired a story about devices parents can use to track a teen's on-road behavior, similar to the piece Eric Adams wrote for AutoWeek. NPR focused on a father who felt it necessary to use Alltrack's GPS technology to keep a watchful eye on his stepdaughter because the girl had a long-standing record of drinking alcohol and lying to her parents before she got her license to drive.

In one portion of the story, there was a recorded conversation between father and child ...

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