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Which tracker is best to track my children?

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Sayithowiseeit · 23/05/2025 23:38

I'm trying to find a good tracker for my children, the itagpro sounds good but I couldn't work out if it was hyped up as the review person had a discount on it.

The air tag, can it only be used with an i phone? As I have an Android.

Is there any other good ones? I need it to be accurate and be able to manage distances.

Any help would be appreciated please
Thank you

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moneyadviceplease · 30/11/2025 20:10

I track my children until they have left school and I asked my 23 year old to have their tracking on when they went travelling in the far east on their own. I don’t think that was unreasonable

However, I have never, and will never track my partner or allow him to track me and I certainly don’t let my kids track me. I deserve some privacy without being watched.

Whatsgoingonherethenagain · 01/12/2025 23:20

why do you deserve “privacy without being watched” but your children don’t?

so yes, it was unreasonable to track your 23 year old when you hold different standards for yourself.

tracking should be by consent. If your 23 year old had voluntarily shared locations that’s one thing, but you can’t insist.

what would you have done if he had refused?

LiveToTell · 02/12/2025 15:07

blackheartsgirl · 26/05/2025 08:47

Right.

I got the tracking app life 360 so my then 12 year old daughter could track ME.

she (after going through some extremely traumatic events) became very anxious and hysterical every time I left the house without her, even to walk the dog or go shopping, even when she was left with my responsible adult children. It got so bad I had to cancel doctors appointments and get online shopping as sometimes she didn’t want to leave the house to come with me.

so I downloaded life 360 and very slowly she started to let me walk the dog or pop to the shop without her as she could see where I was.

now 2 years later she’s fine, we still have life 360, she travels to other villages to see her friends and I go out too, I don’t stalk her nor do I demand to know why she’s at a particular place. O only check it to see where I need to pick her up from.

ds 25 added himself to our family group too which I thought was funny but he’s not bothered and to be honest he rarely checks it, and I don’t give a stuff what he’s up too.

the only issue I have is with dd2 18. She stalks me and her brother all the time on it demanding to know where we are or what we’re doing at a certain place. I do feel my privacy has been invaded sometimes, if I turn my location off she instantly knows which baffles me. I don’t mind my kids knowing where I am but I don’t want to be interrogated about it.

so it can be a very useful tool if used properly but I can see why it can be a way of controlling people

With iPhone you get a notification if someone stops sharing their location with you.

moneyadviceplease · 02/12/2025 15:19

Whatsgoingonherethenagain · 01/12/2025 23:20

why do you deserve “privacy without being watched” but your children don’t?

so yes, it was unreasonable to track your 23 year old when you hold different standards for yourself.

tracking should be by consent. If your 23 year old had voluntarily shared locations that’s one thing, but you can’t insist.

what would you have done if he had refused?

Because I’m an adult and school children aren’t. I don’t need to be held to the same account as children. Whilst I pay their phone bill and they’re living in my house where I have full responsibility for them and if I say they have tracking on it’s not negotiable.

There is not a lot I can do if my 23 year old doesn’t want to be tracked abroad but given that they were going to travelling alone off the beaten track they recognised my request was sensible and for that fixed period of time. If they had refused, that was their call. They’re an adult and they pay their own phone bill

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