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Originally Posted by Sliver
OMFG. If I turn my phone off and the alarm at my business goes off, there is nobody else to call. I'm it. That's small business ownership. If my mom - who is in her 70s and lives alone - needs help, I'm it. That's being her only living kid and her only family member in Calgary.
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Right, and the Amber Alert is as important as those things (maybe more, on a morality scale) so... what’s the issue? You can’t turn your phone off because there might be an emergency. Seems like you’re all good.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
As for my daughter, I don't want to put her business up on CP for all to read, but you can't just take a tough love approach with an anxious kid and say, "the world's a tough place, honey. abductions, fires, murders...suck it up." It's much more complicated and there is a perpetually elusive balance we try to find of not insulating her too much from the world while trying to protect her from things that needlessly amp up her anxiety. There is no upside to her receiving Amber Alerts on her phone, but there is a tangible downside.
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There’s probably some nuance between not talking about any danger and “the world is dangerous! Suck it up!” Again, just get her a 3G phone. That should be sufficient for any kid. And that’s a solution will come a whole lot sooner than changing the whole system (and since it seems like a concern that needs to be immediately addressed, you should go that route) AND it has no tangible downsides for the population at large or you and your daughter.