When I tell parents that secretly spying on their kids' internet activities is not a great look, they ask me "Well, what SHOULD I do?"

There is no all-purpose parenting answer, but this report from Malwarebytes outlines many of the key considerations: https://www.malwarebytes.com/resources/attachments/parenting-and-growing-up-online-10-2022.pdf

@evacide situational awareness is the key item. I don’t have any offspring. However as many people’s tech advisor, I always ask is the fallout from spying on their kids worth the sense of security?
I fully support tracking to make sure know where kids are.
So far the talk about why not spying but knowing what people are doing have worked.
It is on the parents as much as the kids.
Spying is bad. Known surveillance is acceptable