Monitoring teens with Life360
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Anonymous
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I'm curious, is is typical these dates for parents to put tracking apps on their kids' phones?
My 17 year old niece seems to be a good kid - good grades, doesn't drink or do drugs, nice friends, etc. Her parents have an app on her phone so they track her whereabouts. Is this normal? |
Anonymous
No. |
Anonymous
| We don't do it. |
Anonymous
| She hates it - feels it is invasive. |
Anonymous
| I thought I was against it generally but now that impulsive DS is nearing 14 and having some issues, I'm rethinking my position! I think it depends on the kid. Most kids probably don't need it but a few do. |
Anonymous
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I have one on my 12 year old's phone as a protection against loss. It's also great for knowing when the camp bus is running late. She knows it's there and she knows how I use it.
I can see an older teen thinking it's invasive. Odds are if I felt I needed something like that on my older teen's phone, there would be other issues. |
Anonymous
| I would never do it. |
Anonymous
| So....for a good kid, tracking via a cell phone app is not what everyone is doing these days? |
Anonymous
| I sure want to be able to find them in an emergency but I don't call it "tracking" either. |
Anonymous
| I would safety |
Anonymous
| If I pay for the phone, it will have some way for me to find it if it's lost, and find the person with it if they happen to be with the phone. If I don't pay for the phone (one teen pays for her own), they may elect to have tracking or not. |
Anonymous
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This is an app that sends her parents a text every time she changes location and her parents will text her saying for ex "why are you at Starbucks? You said you were going to chick fillet!" And then they will ground her for changing locations even though chick fillet is two minutes from Starbucks and the only reason they changed is that her friends changed their minds or wanted to drop by Starbucks before chick fillet, etc.
That kind of monitoring. Not my kid, and they aren't abusing her or anything, so I'm not gonna say anything, but I'm just wondering if it's normal. Seems excessive and controlling. |
Anonymous
| Ps. I only have a six year old so..... |
Anonymous
| Wow - I want to do it for abduction tracking - I know sounds kooky |
Anonymous
Yeah, no. Not normal. Unless there are some extreme circumstances we aren't hip to, like a slow release to freedom after serious rehab or something. -mom of untracked teen |