Do you still use life 360 with your 20-30+ year old?

[Anonymous]

I’m 32 and track my parents on FindMy (and vice versa).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can any of you imagine doing this with your own parents? I can't.

I’m 50 with an 84-year-old parent who was just diagnosed with a brain tumor and we just signed up for it. I’d rather not have to, though.

[Anonymous]

Awhile back we went to dinner with my husband’s 50 something male coworker. He told us all about how he uses it to track his college aged daughter so he can see when she is hooking up with her boyfriend.

I was revolted and have referred to him as “that disgusting creep” ever since.

[Anonymous]

My 23, 21, 16 year old in it and so are we. Super useful. Great safety feature.

Also great for picking up kids, my kids can even check if we are home before they call

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our family has never used it. It seems weirdly intrusive and smothering to me, even for young teens and tweens.

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, our family of 4 is on Life 360, including my 21 YO. It works both ways - he likes seeing where we are at a given time. We'll keep it on as long as we're paying for the phone.

Wait, back up. If your 21 year old son said, I prefer not to have every movement tracked, please take me off that app, you would pitch a fit and cancel his phone service?

Why? Why do you NEED to know where your adult son is at all times? That is super controlling behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use it for my college freshman to see if she is in the classes when she is supposed to be and to see what time she gets back to her dorm in the evenings/weekends. I check probably once every 2-4 hours. I need to keep her out of trouble and accountable for attending class and not partying.

Is she Special Needs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, our family of 4 is on Life 360, including my 21 YO. It works both ways - he likes seeing where we are at a given time. We'll keep it on as long as we're paying for the phone.

Wait, back up. If your 21 year old son said, I prefer not to have every movement tracked, please take me off that app, you would pitch a fit and cancel his phone service?

Why? Why do you NEED to know where your adult son is at all times? That is super controlling behavior.

Yep. Weird. Poor kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We share location when we are driving to see them...or maybe they are on a long drive just so someone knows where they are but their choice.

+1

We share locations within the family. Don't use it to stalk them and sometimes the college grad shuts it off temporarily (and we don't really care). It is extremely useful when they are traveling---I don't want to text when they are driving, and also don't want to bother them when at work, so location lets us know once they are home. Also useful when on vacations, especially in Europe, so we know where everyone is if we have split up for an activity or while they are traveling to the location

[Anonymous]

Never had it for my older DS and but our younger (23 year old DD) still has us on Find My Friends. She put us on there a long time ago and I think she uses it to see when to call us - honestly not sure if she looks at my location often - but I could care less what she's up to. We are very close and talk often I'm not a tracker and never have been - I don't think that sounds healthy actually.

[Anonymous]

We just use find my friends. It is free.
What is the point of paying for life 360?
Can anyone explain?

[Anonymous]

Our daughter is 25 and she shares her find my- it’s a huge comfort and actually cuts down on how frequently I text/check in for signs of life. I am VERY careful to not allude to anything as a result of my knowledge, there is no “ I thought you said you work on Fridays” or “I noticed you left the bar at closing” type comments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can any of you imagine doing this with your own parents? I can't.

Yes and I do. If you are close with your parents and can foresee being in a caretaker role for them, do it now before they get dementia and get paranoid/cranky about it this way it’s just in the background and they forget about it.

Aka - I see my dad right now at the donut place.

I use it for my dad. He is 75 and in great health but did have some problems a year ago due to head injury (all better now). He had refused to use 360 before then, but does now so if there is an emergency we can find him.

It is not like I ever look at it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, our family of 4 is on Life 360, including my 21 YO. It works both ways - he likes seeing where we are at a given time. We'll keep it on as long as we're paying for the phone.

Never been an issue in our family.
We'll keep it on for as long as it's not an issue.

[Anonymous]

My mom did with me and still does with my brother. I am 41. It was terrible. According to her, she tracked us because it eased her anxiety, but irl it made her anxiety worse. She'd call at random times and demand to explain what I was doing. If I did not pick up she'd call until I picked up or signal to find my phone. We had a huge falling out because of it. She refuses treatment and makes life miserable for herself and her family at times.