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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are rising seniors in high school and we all track each other.

We give our kids an extremely long leash and don't require that they tell us their itinerary in advance or check in with us when they change locations. For example, one of mine was out yesterday from 10am to 12 midnight.  The other was gone from noon to midnight.  To my knowledge, they were at a succession of end-of-school parties (grad and otherwise) but I really have no idea. 
We do track them so we can find them if needed in an emergency or far more likely it's a  situation of "oh, I need someone to pick up XX (their younger sibling who is in 9th grade).  Let me see where ZZ is right now and if they're close."

Anyway, I think parents who don't track (in high school) generally have a "tell me where you're going when you go out" policy.  We don't.  My kids are comfortable with being tracked because it comes with great freedom. And I don't say the next day, "Oh, I noticed you were XYZ, what were do doing there?"  Also, you (as the parent) have to be comfortable with the set up too.  If you're the type that will check in all day long "I wonder were they are now?" then it doesn't work.  I rarely if ever check in on them.  I can imagine we will still track them in college but I won't be the one saying "Hmm, it's 10am and they're in bed, shouldn't they be in class?" because that's just never been my default.  I don't want to know their every move.  Never have.

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