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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[2Brent]

I think that parents should be able to track their kids location just incase something is to go wrong or happen to them they know where they are at all times. I dont think they should be able to abuse it or ruin it for there kid. Yes, my parents make me have life 360 on my phone and we use it all the time.

[4Tobina]

I agree parents main reason for tracking is just making sure their kids are safe 

[6Emeri]

I think parents should be able to locate their child just incase something happens or they are worried about their safety. But I don't think parents should abuse being able to see their kid's location and it should only be used when absolutely needed. I don't think it matters what app is used.

[4Tobina]

I agree kids saftey is very important and its one of the main reasons we have tracking apps is just for the saftey part

[3karter]

I don't think parents should track their kids I think if their kid goes out somewhere they should text or call them from time to time. yes, my mom made me get Life 360, which is very confusing at times.

[4Tobina]

I think parents just want to track you just so they know your safe its a good saftey option

[6Hagen]

I don't think tracking your kid is neccessary if you have good comunication. I mean I see where parents are coming from when they wanna know what your doing but I also feel like it just makes the Teenagers mad at the parents.

[4Tobina]

I agree parents tracking their kids has a limit for how far they shsould take it on tracking their kid

[2Delaney]

I have Life360 on my phone but most people do. I do not see much of a problem with parents tracking their kids, but sometimes it goes too far when tracking. I think that parents should trust their kids in what they say and what they do. 

[4Tobina]

I agree I think parents now just use it for saftey