Parents track kids online

Parents track kids online

SINGAPORE (DPA): A Singapore childcare center said on Wednesday that it has become the first in Southeast Asia to provide parents with the opportunity to log onto the Internet to check on their offspring from anywhere in the world.

The Cambridge Child Development Center has placed video cameras in the school's play area, dining room and classrooms.

Moms and dads are able to view live videos at home, work or from other countries by logging onto the facility's website.

The service enables parents to feel more confident of the care given to their children, said May Soh, executive director of the Informatics Group Singapore, which owns the center.

The center became the first to offer the online service after another facility, Kids Junction, scrapped a similar plan when parents expressed objections.

Some of the Kids Junction parents said it would be an intrusion into the lives of their children. Others objected to videos of their offspring on the Internet, citing concerns of hacking and unauthorized access.