Do you track your kids’ location?

[Anonymous 1]

Did you stop at a certain age?

I have all my kids on find my friends including my 18 yo. I don’t check it to see where they are, I trust them and have never had a reason to randomly check it. I only have it in case of an emergency. In case one of my kids was ever unreachable or god forbid went missing, at least I would have their last known location. My kids are all fine with it and feel safer knowing I have their location. It’s how I found out my oldest was in a car accident (she told me she would be home around 1am, when 1am came and went and no sign of her, I checked the app and saw that her location was stopped on the road not moving anymore). So I do it for safety/emergency purposes. How about you?

[mcginnisc]

Nope...however, they are only 14 and 11 and are basically always with us. I am sure we will have something like that next year when our oldest is driving.

[Traci_Momof2]

No. Only the 15yo has a phone and it's an old iPhone 4. I'm not entirely sure if it even has that feature and if it's compatible with my LG Phoenix 4. The 13yo doesn't even have a phone.

The older one has one so he can make a call in an emergency. It's a lot more than I had at that age. I think that's enough.

[Pjmm]

No. They tell me where they're going.

[leadfoot40]

No I dont

[Anonymous 1]

No. They tell me where they're going.

So do mine but I work in criminal investigations, so I know how critical it is to get those phone records right away if someone goes missing. That’s pretty much the only reason why I have it. I hope I will never have to use it under those circumstances but I figure better safe than sorry. Especially after it allowed me to figure out dd had been in a car accident on a rural road that not many people would be going down that time of night.

[WellPreserved]

No but it's a good idea. I'm going to look into it. Our son goes out often alone on his bike. I may even suggest it for my husband as he takes long (sometimes all day) motorcycle rides.

[Pjmm]

No. They tell me where they're going.

So do mine but I work in criminal investigations, so I know how critical it is to get those phone records right away if someone goes missing. That’s pretty much the only reason why I have it. I hope I will never have to use it under those circumstances but I figure better safe than sorry. Especially after it allowed me to figure out dd had been in a car accident on a rural road that not many people would be going down that time of night.

No one drives but me. Ods doesn't own a car. Honestly they don't go far. I thought about it when yds was walking home from school. Often he'd go to the store or McDonald's. But I never did. I grew up in a time where I'm not sure my parents knew where I was half the time. So I don't do it myself. Now if I was traveling from my mom's house to college she'd have me call when I got there. But that's it.

[LiveWhatULove]

Yes, I do.

My YDS has a Gizmo phone watch & my ODS has a IphoneX. They are not supposed to leave home without them, unless they are with me. My DD doesn't go anywhere by herself yet.

[Anonymous 1]

No but it's a good idea. I'm going to look into it. Our son goes out often alone on his bike. I may even suggest it for my husband as he takes long (sometimes all day) motorcycle rides.

Dh and I have each other’s too in case of emergency. I’ve never had to use it thankfully. I think this is what working in the field I do has done to me!