Ethical issues concerning the use of commercially available wearables in children

Wearable and mobile technology has advanced in leaps bounds the last decade with technological advances creating a role from enhancing healthy living to monitoring treating disease. However, discussion about ethical use of such commercial community, especially minors, is lacking behind. In this paper, we first summarize major concerns that arise usage commercially available wearable children, focus on smart watches, highlighting issues around consent process, mitigation risk potential confidentiality privacy issues, as well for therapeutic misconceptions when used without medical advice. Then through relevant thought experiment move outline some further are connected wearables by wit issue informed case forcing them live spotlight, compromising their right an open future. We conclude view mitigating pitfalls benefits minors requires brave comprehensive moral debates.