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 think that your parents tracking your location is helpfull and strange. I have mixed opinions of this topic. I know that them tracking your location can keep you out of trouble. However there are ways to block the tracker. Not having trust in your kids can make them more likely to break the rules and find ways to be sneaky.
I agree there pros and cons to both sides and its on what your parents think is best for you
I think that parents should be able to see where their child is. This can help with safety or if a parent needs to know where their kid is. My family uses Life 360 which is very helpful for my parents to know where I am, but I can also see where they are if I need to know if they are on their way to pick me up from something.
I agree, parents should be able to track their kids for saftey and to make sure there kid is always safe especially when kids start to drive.
I don't think parents should track there kids. I think back when they were in highschool they didn't get track so we couldn't. I do not get track by my parnets. I just have to tell them where i'm going.
I agree and disagree, because today is diffrent then back then. But they shouldbe able to track you for saftey
I think that parents should have access to their kid's location, but shouldn't be monitoring them. I have the Find My app on my phone so it can show my parents are if my phone is on. My parents don't use it too much, but if they need to know where I am then they just look at that.
I think parents defiently should just for the saftey part of it.
My parents use life 360 because I am a driving teen and they want to know where I am. I kinda like how I can track my parents too, so I don't really have a problem with it. I understand why some people don't like it, But i really don't mind it at all.
I agree, theres definently pros and cons of both. And I don't mind it either
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