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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid can’t be trusted, I get it. But if they’re generally trustworthy, why do this? With my three, including two teens and one young adult, I told them I wouldn’t track as long as they were abiding by our rules. We have Life360 for car trips and the like, but we otherwise never check. They know that if we have reason to stop trusting, they will get less freedom and independence. But I want to prepare them for a world in which no one is following their every movement to ensure they’re only making perfect decisions. Somehow all of us on here survived the teen years, and I can’t imagine there are many of us who didn’t make a few questionable decisions along the way. We learned from those as well. I do understand tightening the leash if your child is a habitual liar or meeting strangers from the internet at the mall or doing drugs, but otherwise, you’re doing no one any favors, including yourself. My anxiety would be through the roof if I felt responsible for tracking my kids all the time. [/quote]
 We use life360 to track each other for pickups and to know when to have meals ready.

My kids track us to see where we are when picking them up.  My younger DC walks alone from one activity to another.   I would have anxiety if I could not track them.

The older DC is 18 and at college. We asked them if they wanted to remove life360. They said, no, that they didn't care.  This DC also goes to see their s/o at a big city every so often, so I like that we know when they get there safely and back.

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How on earth did college students (adults) previously travel without mommy and daddy tracking their every move?  My DH did study abroad in Australia in college in the late ‘90s and called his parents once every 2-3 weeks.  Sounds like having an adult child who could function without you—which used to be the goal of parenthood—would drive you insane.  But hey, you have Life360, so it’s all good.[/quote]

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