Can or should parents equip children with body cameras?

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I don’t like the idea, no. I think it’s shifting over to the far side of paranoia and neurosis. Maybe surveillance in some violence prone schools but no, I don’t think kids should be wearing body cams and their use should only be in certain classrooms under certain circumstances.

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