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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are still on our Apple Find my Phone. As are DH and I. Technically, I could look and see their phone’s location at any time, and the kids are allowed to turn the feature off while at school, but I don’t think they do.  The promise I made was to respect their privacy and only use the feature in emergencies while they are at school, so I don’t use it to stalk them. (At home, it’s helpful when they are heading home from a friends house or internship to know how far away their are and should we wait for dinner or whatever),

At any rate, since also 4 of us are on “Find My Phone,”they only have to click the “Find my Phone” button for my phone by one of my kids and I get a loud continuous ring, no matter what the setting. And can tell from texts who needs a parents and why. 
Both kids have used the function.

My older kid lost his passport when traveling outside the US and needed paperwork (Ugghh).

Younger kid has had some bad luck/ incidents at school.  There was a shooting and lockdown, and she used it to let us know she was safe (thank you God!). She had a stalker freshman year and ended up in a not great 2am situation needing immediate advice on whether to call the campus security on the guy (yes!) And recently needed some after the fact moral support after midnight because she had a friend tell her she had taken pills to OD,mDD called 911 and the kid hid from the police. It was a mess. Kid was found and taken to the hospital. DD was interviewed as a witness. And since I’m a lawyer, she wanted me to reassure her she wouldn’t get in trouble for talking to the police.  And DD also felt like she needed moral support.

It’s not fun to wake up to, but thankful my kid trusts me enough to let me know when there are problems. And trusts me to provide moral support withOUT freaking out.  And glad to give advice if asked and a virtual hugs and love and support if she needs that.  [/quote]

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