Harlan Coben summary

            In March of 2008 Harlan Coben wrote an article describing how Spyware is a great idea for parents to monitor thier children's behavior and interaction, while not being invasive and ruining their child's privacy. Coben begins by giving a description of what Spyware does, how it's relatively easy to install, and how it can be benificial to the safety of a young son or daughter. He then goes to address two counterarguments for the use of Spyware, the first being that some will argue that it is an invasion of privacy, and the second is that there are other less invasive ways to protect and montior what your kids do online. As a rebuttal he gives two reasons why those two counter arguements have been ineffective in the past and how much more effective Spyware would be comparatively. Cohen then acknowledges the fact that there will be things like pornography that teenagers will look at and whether or not to block or discuss pornography are at the discretion of the parents, and even gives a personally story. The author then gives example of how Spyware has been used effectively in the case of a friend whose daughter was doing drugs while also sleeping with the drug dealer. Cohen closes explaining how although it may seem like an invasion of privacy, it's really more of an effective way of protecting your child in the " evolving challenges presented by the Internet".