And We're All Getting Sick
Two kids sick, two adults to go. Facts of life an all. Syd wasn’t nearly as bad as I would’ve expected. She spiked a fever and moved on before the next day. Char caught it and it just kept climbing. Eventually ending at 104 and staying there for a good while. It’s since moved on and she’ll be back in school tomorrow, but now it’ll be the adults turn to get sick.
It’s been a rough weekend, as you can tell by the last post, but it’s gotten better on one side and worse on the other. Char has been a bit more helpful, and she usually is with me. Yesterday she helped watch Syd while I made dinner and Brooke was finishing her nap. On the other hand, Syd has decided that satan is real and will be available at any point in time. Lots of kicking, scratching, screaming and being a general toddler. Thankfully, no biting.
Tonight, I plan to enjoy a couple more hours awake, playing some games, working on some programming if I feel the urge to keep down the path, and then bed. Tomorrow I get to work on a ton of wiring, so I may as well enjoy what I can today. Hopefully Char keeps her act together, because as much as I still think selling the phones is the best choice, I know Brooke doesn’t entirely agree, as always. We’ll see. Hopefully Char is smart enough to recognize that a phone also means communication whenever she wants, not just on everyone elses terms. This also would mean she could tell her dad that she has a phone and ask to bring it so she can use it there, freeing up his phone for whatever. Would make everyones lives easier. But hopefully I’ve taught her well enough to know that no one should know her passcode/password, no matter what, and that keeping it safe is not something to be in trouble for, no matter what anyone says. In fairness, she could have it taken away, but personal things are personal after all. If she uses common sense, then there is no reason to need to unlock her phone for anyone, and no one should ask. Exceptions being when we know what she is doing wrong and call her on it, then it’s fair game. I think, I don’t know.
Very mixed feelings there. I’m a strong proponent on privacy and not having to worry about others interfering or snooping, but I’m also a parent. I bought my phone knowing Android 9 was coming to it and that would mean I could use the Lockdown function before TSA. I don’t have anything to hide, but no way will they use my fingerprint to unlock my device without my permission. The other side of that is that she is my daughter, and knowing she’s being smart, safe and secure is very important to me. If she practices it and uses common sense to avoid people asking for passwords, trying to get her to send photos, etc, then she should be fine and I’ll never need to look. But if she doesn’t, I’ll be rooting the phone and installing a very elaborate parental control setup, the likes of which have never been seen by anyone outside of IT before. We’ll see I guess, the phone is still sealed in it’s box.
Love, Papa