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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Great job Tobi +10
I think that parents should track their kids once they lose your trust. I do have one but thats mainly for knowing where my phone is not becuase she doesn't trust me. She tracks my phone on Find My Iphone.
I believe that it is good for parents to track the location of their kids. This is because there are very few downsides, however, there are many benefits. Although you did mention possible glitches on tracking apps, I doubt that they are a common occurence.
I think parents should be able to track their kids because they can see where they are at all times. It can also be way safer to have your kids location just incase something happens. Life 360 is a very common tracking app that many people have.
I agree parents need to just have some reassurence that their kid is safe at all times because they already have so much to worry about
I think it is nice to be able to see where a person is if they ever got into truble, but if privacy is the big concern then the kid can simply not allow their location to be tracked. The apps work by both people allowing the person's location to be tracked.
I agree if you need help and don't know where you are then its great for that.
I think parents should be allowed to track their kids if they are worried for them or they have a past expirence of them running off. My parents do track me and my brother, so we have a family circle in life360. They can see where you have been, the speed, how long you were somewhere, and more. Life360 is an app that most of the parents in the world use to track their kids.
I agree parents should track their kids but not be over bearing with the tracking just using it for saftey
I agree its a good saftey thing for going missing or detecting crashes
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