Anonymous wrote:No. We stopped using it in HS.

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Anonymous wrote:Really sick to track college age kids this way. Unbelievable. So how, I survived without my parents knowing where I was at all times. Safety BS reason. It's all about control. Time to let go. Going to confront thieves about stolen backpack? Crazy. Besides risk of getting hurt by thieves, what happens when Father hurts thieves and gets arrested.
Are you going to fill out DC timesheets at work or go to their performance reviews for support?

Would you like to buy a jump to conclusions mat with your hyperbole you ignorant troll. Can’t stand some families do it differently than you? Why not go whine about it on a free message board. What a sorry life you lead!

Anonymous wrote:We've been on Life360 for many years and I'm glad that this has never been an issue with privacy. We all see it as a security and convenience feature. My kids are now 17 and 20 and have never asked to deactivate. I travel overseas frequently and they actually are the ones who check on me. My DS has been so thoughtful about even calling or texting any of us if he sees we are driving.

Lol.. one of my kids texted me.. thought you are at work today. What are you doing at home?

Anonymous wrote:I have find my friends on my family members - gives me peace of mind to be able to see where my kids are. My kids are much better behaved than I ever was at their age so it has nothing to do with spying it has to do with me getting a 5 second pulse on where there are. It's completely pointless since I have never once ever mentioned whereabouts to them but as a mom, I like to be able to see where they are, sue me.

I take issue with this idea that college kids are "adults". Adults are not teenagers who are 100 percent financially reliant on their parents and who may be in the first weeks of living away from home. Adults have their own homes, jobs, pay for their own phone, insurance and life. We can mince words here but granting "adult" autonomy to teens taking their first steps of independence is a joke. I actually find the whole college process of parents barely being able to log in to pay 40-80K in tuition to be ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:We have it and rarely look (rarely, not never). But as a pp said, when we go to our child's school, or they are coming home it is nice to know if the arrival is in 5 or 35 minutes.

We first got it for pick up for a sport they attended weekly in MS, and it was great for knowing when the bus was arriving back at the general location. It meant I didn't have to wait for them and they didn't have to wait for me.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have a kid in college yet, but think about the girl n Charlottesville or the high school kid intoxicated lost in Bethesda. It can save lives.

How? Bc if I happen to be staring at my phone and notice that my kid is not in a dorm I would…..call the police in a different state and tell them that? That’s just searching for reasons to make anxiety seem normal.

No, but if parents haven't heard from their kid in an amount of time that would be considered alarming in that family, it's a way to see where the child might be.

Anonymous wrote:I don't have a kid in college yet, but think about the girl n Charlottesville or the high school kid intoxicated lost in Bethesda. It can save lives.

Anonymous wrote:How do you find lost phones?

Anonymous wrote:I think its really really weird to track family members phones. I don't need to know exacrky where my teens or DH is. How stifling! Wow.

Anonymous wrote:I have find my friends on my family members - gives me peace of mind to be able to see where my kids are. My kids are much better behaved than I ever was at their age so it has nothing to do with spying it has to do with me getting a 5 second pulse on where there are. It's completely pointless since I have never once ever mentioned whereabouts to them but as a mom, I like to be able to see where they are, sue me.

I take issue with this idea that college kids are "adults". Adults are not teenagers who are 100 percent financially reliant on their parents and who may be in the first weeks of living away from home. Adults have their own homes, jobs, pay for their own phone, insurance and life. We can mince words here but granting "adult" autonomy to teens taking their first steps of independence is a joke. I actually find the whole college process of parents barely being able to log in to pay 40-80K in tuition to be ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:We talk everyday and yesterday I asked DD her plans for the night. “Homework and hanging with friends” was her answer. Great. Have fun!

This morning we noticed we didn’t get the alert she had come back to her house. A quick check of Life360 showed she was at her GF’s house.

Of course she doesn’t have to check in and we know plans change. The little skip our heart made this am was settled knowing she was somewhere safe.

And before you ask, we have been to her GF’s and knew the location just by the surrounding streets we saw on the app.

For those who ask what we would think of our parents had this capability, this is truly a non-starter. Our privacy erosion began long after our parents had us: there really is no going back.

Our daughter asked to keep it in for safety. We don’t track each other but from time to time we do look on at each other especially when we are traveling and on different hemispheres.

Wow. You have an alert set?

Anonymous wrote:We talk everyday and yesterday I asked DD her plans for the night. “Homework and hanging with friends” was her answer. Great. Have fun!

This morning we noticed we didn’t get the alert she had come back to her house. A quick check of Life360 showed she was at her GF’s house.

Of course she doesn’t have to check in and we know plans change. The little skip our heart made this am was settled knowing she was somewhere safe.

And before you ask, we have been to her GF’s and knew the location just by the surrounding streets we saw on the app.

For those who ask what we would think of our parents had this capability, this is truly a non-starter. Our privacy erosion began long after our parents had us: there really is no going back.

Our daughter asked to keep it in for safety. We don’t track each other but from time to time we do look on at each other especially when we are traveling and on different hemispheres.