Should Parents track their kids?

[4Tobina]

 

Should  parents track their kids' location and know where they are all the time? We all know about how technology is advancing. There's multiple apps that parents can always see where their kids are and their driving history and their phone usage. Those apps include Life360, FamiSafe, Gokid, FindMy and multiple more. There are pros and cons to these apps. 

The pros of these apps are the safety features that they have. Knowing where your kids are all the time and being able to make sure they're safe is so nice, especially in the world we are living in today. Some of these apps detect when you get into a crash and notify the people who have your location and the police. Another pro is that it holds accountability when kids know they are being tracked they do way less things that they shouldn't do. Lastly it gives parents peace not always worrying if your kid made it home. 

However there are cons to having parents track your location. It can hurt the trust between the kid and parent, trust is always something that needs to be earned but not trusting your kid can really strain your location with your kid.  Also these apps are not 100 percent accurate and can get kids in trouble for a glitch on the app. Growing up kids want to have their own independence and if parents are always tracking their kids then kids want to just do what they want because their parents already don't trust them. 

I think there's pros and cons of tracking. But overall I think its parents not trusting their kids when they should and it will strain the kids relationship with their parents.However, it could also be good just for the safety aspect of these apps. 

Do you think parents should track their kids?

Do you have a tracking app on your phone?

If so, What app?

 

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[4Tobina]

I agree kids saftey is really important to parents to make sure there kids are okay.

[4Tobina]

I agree it does invade their privacy but then again parents should be able to for saftey reasons

[4Tobina]

I agree it does invade their privacy but then again parents should be able to for saftey reasons

[3Ashley]

I do think parents should track their kids unless they are 16 and up because some kids might get lost and don't know how to get back. I have a tracking app that my parents use on me to see where i'm at, its called Find My.

[3/7 Lilly]

I think that is a really good idea because as a parent you whould want to know where you kids are. 

[4Tobina]

I agree because if you crash then parents will  know exactly where there kid is

[5Annabelle]

I think it is a good thing that parents can track their kids. The world is very unsafe and parents having their kids location can be very important. My parents have my location on life360, and I think it is convenient because I can also see their location.

[3/7 Lilly]

I think that if you live with your parents and they pay for your phone then they should beable to track you. Personally my parents have my location at all times, and i dont mind it i think it is helpful. 

[4Tobina]

I agree, if your parent buys it then they should be able to do what they want with the phone. But if you buy your phone it shouldn't be up to them

[4Tobina]

I agree it can be a good thing that parents track their kids and its a good saftey feautrue.

[2 Jorgen Sorensen]

I think it might be nesicary when kids are younger but as kids get older i dont think parents really need tracking. I dont personally have it but i dont have anything to hide from my parents.