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[quote=Anonymous]OP, it is actually your other teen I'd be worried about -- the one who constantly updates you his or her whereabouts.

I think you are being unreasonable.   If you are at work and your spouse is home, taking a day off for whatever, does he or she need to text you when leaving the house?  That would be insane.

Teens should have general guidelines -- expected to go to school and stay all day, expected to get to their jobs on time, expected to do their household chores; expected to use whatever cars they have access to within your rules (like asking to use it if it is a family car or your car; filling up with gas if below a 1/4 tank etc -- whatever rules you set up).

I agree it is common courtesy to let people who are in the house know if you are leaving the house.  But texting someone that you are leaving the house when that person isn't in the house is too much IMO.

If you want someone home to sign for a package, you should tell them to stay home to sign for the package.

Kids need mental freedom.  They need to be free from these constant check-ins. It isn't emotionally healthy for them to have someone they have to keep checking in with all the time.

Don't let your anxiety about their whereabouts ruin their mental health and well being.  Don't use these check ins to manage your own anxieties about them.
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