Life 360 in College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think its really really weird to track family members phones. I don't need to know exacrky where my teens or DH is. How stifling! Wow.

Yep. So creepy! His mom wants to know when he is hooking up with girls? Not normal at all.

[Anonymous]

We user Life 360 for our DD, without apology. Plus, she has my car and I'd like to know where it is.

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine someone knowing where I am all the time, nor stalking my own family or spouse like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In June my 17-yr-old went to beach week with classmates in NC. Drove there with another kid his age. Of course I had him use turn on the Life 360 free version. (I've no idea what the PP above is talking about when they say you can turn off things with it. I just know how to track the general vicinity of the phone.) Now that he's in PA about 8 weeks later, we're supposed to have zero interest in making sure he's where he is supposed to be?

As I see it, this is a transition period. I have no intention of needing to keep tabs on him once we've set up a regular pattern of communicating and checking in. He isn't even old enough to vote or buy cigarettes, FFS, so why would we pretend that he is a full fledged independent adult all of a sudden? It's not like he even wants that yet. He doesn't want us telling him what time to go to bed or with whom to go to bed, nor do we want to be involved in those issues any longer. But that's a long way from having zero connection to us.

1. I would have told you not to use it eight weeks ago.

2. Yes, stop using it. If not now, when? It is HIS job to get himself back to the dorm safely every night. HIS job to go to class. Your job is done. Stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We user Life 360 for our DD, without apology. Plus, she has my car and I'd like to know where it is.

In college!?

[Anonymous]

Put an air tag on the car. You don't need a tracker on an adult child like she's a great white shark.

[Anonymous]

I look down on parents that use life360

[Anonymous]

I take issue with the statement that “our job is done”

And my kid is older than most of yours. They just need us in different ways now .

[Anonymous]

just use find my friends if you have an iPhone

I’ve never heard anything good about life 360

[Anonymous]

I don't have a kid in college yet, but think about the girl n Charlottesville or the high school kid intoxicated lost in Bethesda. It can save lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I take issue with the statement that “our job is done”

And my kid is older than most of yours. They just need us in different ways now .

Yes, and one of the ways they need us to to show that we trust them. Parents who show their kids try at they think their kids are incompetent bunglers aren’t helping anyone!

- mom to kids 25, 23, and 19

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't have a kid in college yet, but think about the girl n Charlottesville or the high school kid intoxicated lost in Bethesda. It can save lives.

How? Bc if I happen to be staring at my phone and notice that my kid is not in a dorm I would…..call the police in a different state and tell them that? That’s just searching for reasons to make anxiety seem normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't have a kid in college yet, but think about the girl n Charlottesville or the high school kid intoxicated lost in Bethesda. It can save lives.

How? Bc if I happen to be staring at my phone and notice that my kid is not in a dorm I would…..call the police in a different state and tell them that? That’s just searching for reasons to make anxiety seem normal.

Again, best thing to do is to have the friend or roommates in the circle together so they can find each in an emergency and the roommate should have your phone #.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:just use find my friends if you have an iPhone

I’ve never heard anything good about life 360

Here is something good about Life 360: Someone stole my kid's pack, complete with phone and car keys, and we could see where it was and DH went and confronted the guy and got her stuff back.

I'm a PP whose college DD still has it on her phone. Having it on her phone does NOT = stalking/tracking. I never look at it; it's there for emergencies. I DON'T WANT to know if my DD is in her bed or someone else's, or doesn't get home until 3am. It's great for picking her up at the airport; I can see where she is as I'm driving so I can pull over in front of her (this is LAX)

[Anonymous]

Do most of the posters on this thread not have iPhones (meaning, do you have Androids)? Because as far as I can tell, Find My Friends is basically the same thing, and far less creepy. And free.