I have some of the greatest and most illuminating information security and privacy discussions with my 7- and 9-year old sons. Their inquisitiveness and curiosity is unlimited. Their minds are open and ready to soak up everything around them, and to openly question those things that they do not understand, or challenge concepts with which they do not agree. It is too bad that most adults have lost these traits. It is too bad that too many parents and adults with responsibilities for children have squashed these innate qualities in young children instead of helping them to use those traits to blossom and develop into thoughtful, critical-thinking adults.

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