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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always had to let my parents know where I was going and what I was doing during the day especially after getting a car. Once I moved away I didn't because I wasn't living with them anymore. Problem solved. [/quote]

sounds like my parents.  My kids have a lot more freedom.  They leave the house at 7pm on a Saturday night and just know to be home at midnight.  i have no idea where they're going.  I can locate them by "find my phone" if I really need to find them.  I rarely if ever do. 
Cell phones give them freedom that I am comfortable giving it to them because I can locate them in case of emergency.  [/quote]

The point is, your kids should have the freedom to do that without phones. 10 years ago kids used to leave the house at 7pm on a Saturday night and be home at midnight just the same. Except there’d be no tracking. You don’t get the same mental freedom as a kid when you’re digitally chained to mom and dad. Doesn’t feel like you’re forging your own. A loss of true independence. And you say your kids don’t mind, but they don’t know any different because they’ve always been tethered to you. And so do many of their friends. It’s a systemic problem.

It’s the real problem with Millennial and older parents of Gen Z and younger kids. The parents don’t know what it’s like having a digital upbringing and don’t realize the harm they doing upon their kids. And the kids don’t know any better. [/quote]

You are really reaching here. They are tethered to technology is every possible way these days. One more safety feature is not going to scar them. It’s not like my kids are co stately thinking about being tracked nor do I check it every time they are away from me. When I was a teen I was given a lot of freedom but I also did some really dumb things. It would have saved my mom so much anguish if she just knew where I was on a couple of occasions. And before you say “well that was you, my teen is smart and responsible.” No they aren’t. All teens are impulsive and dumb to a certain extent. [/quote]

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