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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the people saying it’s unhealthy have other issues that come into it.[b] It’s only unhealthy if you let it be that way. We have Life360 but it’s only ever really checked for emergencies. Nothing wrong with tracking as long as you’re not going out of your way to constantly check and ask them why they’re at a certain location.[/b][/quote]

But how is a college aged kid really going to know if their parents are actively tracking them?  When I was in college, there was no way in hell I would have wanted my parents to be able to locate where I was at all times.  [/quote]

You give permission to share location, and you can turn it off at any time. If young adults are being tracked, it’s bc they’re okay with it. Different people are different. [/quote]

What age will they have to be before you stop?  I can see doing this with a 10 year old,  and can understand doing it with a high schooler.  But if you're doing it with grown adults in college,  then why not continue when they're in their 20s, 30s, or older?  It's seriously messed up.  Why not just get in your car and follow them arpund?[/quote]

Eh, it’s really up to them. DD actually turned it on when she was doing a solo cross country road trip with lots of solo camping. She was a young woman, alone in multiple wilderness situations, and it gave her a little bit of extra security. This allowed her to feel comfortable doing something that I myself I *never* would have felt safe doing back in the day. So did it hamper her freedom or increase it? Maybe both.

She can turn it off any time. My guess is that she will someday switch it to a roommate or a partner. I guess it could be seriously messed up. That’s fine if you think so. But maybe there are lots of different people, and lots of different choices, and lots of different ways to make them. Who knows, really. [/quote]

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