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[quote=Anonymous]We have Family Locator through my cell phone service – and all of the kids (3 teenagers) have the feature on their phones.  Honestly though, we have never used it. Call me crazy, but I just do not think it would be that helpful. Besides, DH has found that checking mileage on the car is a better method.  LOL!  Sure, we have had our share of questionable decisions.  I just do not think that constant monitoring is going to prevent your kids from making these types of decisions. Besides that, crafty kids will find a way around it.  Put a GPS on the car? Fine, I will just drive to my friend’s house and ride with her from there.  And I would rather MY kids drive themselves then have them ride with friends – I know how MY kids drive.

We have had a couple speeding tickets.  Well, in Maryland certain types of tickets mandate a driver’s safety class.  And having to spend a Saturday doing that (and losing the license the next time) was a much bigger deterrent than anything I could dream up (although she did have her keys confiscated for a bit).  We are not naïve and we know that our kids do not always follow the letter of our rules. But we are not going to live our lives always being CSI with them either. We set rules and expectations about our car.  We require them to file a “flight plan” before they leave which cannot be changed once they leave the house. If our rules are broken and we find out, then we discipline and educate.

But IF i were going to use a GPS/Locater, I would opt for one tied to the phone and not the car. 
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