STRATUS

Each team presented a thorough case on the merits and demerits of permissible spying by parents on their children in a well reasoned and very logical debate. The Junior B team presented a model in which parents would have the opportunity to mirror their child’s screen should they wish to. The mainstay of their argument was that although this was a breach in privacy, in the age of technology, stranger danger no longer stops at the threshold of the home, but rather, the biggest danger to youths today is coming to them through their devices. Wellington College rebutted with concerns around breach of trust and the necessity to develop an understanding of the dangers of the internet, however, the debate ultimately went in favour of the Junior Bs with the quip, we don’t hand children the keys to a car without first ensuring that we have trained them how to use it.