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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I agree parents always be saying things and they don't ever give you a valid reasons.But then again parents want to have the app for the saftey of there kids.
However, if the parents dont pay for the phone they are tracking I think they should be able to do that.
That is a great point and I argee with this because you should be able yo trust your kids but when you lose that trust then your parents will probablly have your location untill you earn back their trust.
For real, I pay for my own phone and line and my parents still make me have Life360 which isn't fair to me to have to do. But I like it just for the saftey part of it because the other day I was going somewhere and didn't know how to get there and I called my mom and since she could see my location she guided me there.
I can understand that but it should be required if they want it for safety reasons they can have it but if they're using it to spy on me for other things I would get upset.
Exactly theres good things to it for saftey but if there stalking then thats annoying
I think that if you still live with your parents and they pay for your phone they should be allowed to track you If they want to. I have Find My Friends on my phone and that is how my mom tracks my location.
I think it is safe for your parents to have your location
I agree parents should have the ultimate say in if kids should have tracking apps.
I think tracking your kid is a good way of knowing where they are and knowing if they're safe or not. I use Life 360 and Find my Iphone.
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