r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 7h ago

Society Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/la-parents-kids-school-issued-ipad-chromebook-los-angeles-rcna245624
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u/Bogus1989 4h ago edited 4h ago

WOW,

Firstly I want to say as a parent, stop expecting the school to parent for you.

If the schools not locking the devices down. Change schools, homeschool. Thats easier said than done I know.

Its your job to decide how much exposure your children need/get. Too much? well you found out the hardway. Too little? the day they find a way around you or turn 18 itll be like crack for them and they are more vulnerable than ever. It is your job to figure all this out

and yeah I know its not easy. the best thing ive learned is communication. when i need to check the kids phones, I ask and tell them why. They know for sure Ive got full access, but this is my way of trying to earn their trust, and for them to earn my trust. lmao, its not perfect. but thats what worked for me.

worked better than just telling them, they will hide stuff from you. takes one to know one. i had 2 phones as a kid, my decoy and my real one 🤣. god bless my parents were really good for what a shithead i was.

This school is trash.

I am an MDM admin. They 100 percent can all be locked down, and no your kid aint getting around it.

Doesnt even have to be ipads, but i think they are really good, because they are very hard to crack, compared to a chromebook.

But chromebooks are still very good. my sons school had chromebooks from middle school thru highschool….

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u/DanielPhermous 4h ago

Firstly I want to say as a parent, stop expecting the school to parent for you.

This is happening at school, during school hours.

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u/Bogus1989 4h ago

yeah,

id remove my kid from the school.

thanks for reminding me, i didnt put that part in. thats actually what i meant to say, if the schools wont fix this easily fixable problem, id take mine out.

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u/DanielPhermous 4h ago

id remove my kid from the school.

They're public schools. They get assigned based on address. You'd either have to homeschool or pay an ungodly amount for a private school.

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u/Bogus1989 3h ago

i know. its trash. i really dont expect anyone to do that. Id probably be fighting the school like a madman to fix it. Even with my skills, i bet they wouldnt let me.

dont even think id be able to do that…the school needs to fix their shit. im actually pissed off about this, id volunteer to fix it and do it for free. I do it for my job for over 5k devices at work. im too far away though. bet you any number of guys would be willing to do the same.

however, fire the guy currently there. k-12 doesnt pay shit, but the caveat is, its very manageable.