article in The Atlantic about tracking your kids

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 15 yo daughter. No tracking at all. Never been a problem

She doesn’t even drive yet. She’s literally wherever you took her.

She has friends that drive. I don’t plan on tracking- without a very compelling reason, as in curfew is 11pm and it’s 1am and she’s not home

OK mom it’s 1 AM. Her curfew was 11 PM. How are you gonna track her if you didn’t turn tracking on?

[Anonymous]

My son is a disabled young adult. So using it gives him freedom and us the ability to keep him safe.

[Anonymous]

Some of you people are nuts. Of course a parent should know where their minor child is. It doesn’t have to be via tracking. But this is basic parenting. It’s also common courtesy if you live with someone. Doesn’t your spouse let you know before they head to the store, leave for work, etc?

No, a 16 yo doesn’t need “privacy” to run around without his or her parents knowing where s/he is. My grandma knew where my mom was. My mom knew where I was. I also don’t see how it’s better to text your kid to ask if they made it somewhere vs using Find My Phone. Both are using modern technology we didn’t have 30 years ago.

[Anonymous]

When I was a kid, I always had to call my parents to tell them where I was. Easy - just borrow someone's home phone. That doesn't exist anymore.

My kid will text or call me if headed somewhere other than he'd originally planned, even though tracking is on I don't think he really registers is. Our whole family has it on; it just makes life easier. Not an issue at all that I'm aware of.

[Anonymous]

When I was a (driving) teenager I don't think I called my parents every time I went from one friend's house to another or go eat or shopping or whatever. I know I didn't.

[Anonymous]

We have Find My. We don’t track our kids in the sense of checking all the time, but if they’re driving home (college) and they’re running behind we look. They do the same with us. I’m not checking to see if they’re at a party/bar on a Saturday night.

[Anonymous]

Our whole family uses Find My for convenience. It saves all of the "have you left yet" texts. My teens track us as often as we track them. Our teen car is a Hyundai so we also have the Hyundai app which tells us where the car is, if it's parked, locked, fuel status, etc. That has also been nice.