Tracking teenagers

[glittergrrl]

Am I the only person not doing this or to find this really odd ?

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We have Google family.
I've not really used the tracking bit yet.
Probably will when they're out and about.
Although neither of them will be hanging around parks or wandering around cities or towns without a purpose.
ATM just use it to regulate their time on social media.

My 16 year old with ADHD was very late last night. Found him 3 miles away with no transport at 10p.m. if I didn't track, I would have had to ring the police.

Really depends on your teen and their age. 13 is a whole different ballgame to 16. My 13 year old has apple watch as he always forgets his phone (yep a weird species who isnt attached to his phone). He knows I can do find my iphone. I dont as i just ring and ask him if i need to..

When my teen got taken to a netball match at a different location find my iPhone meant it was easy to collect her!

Is there a tracking app that tells your teenager when their location has been accessed? My 14 yo son is resistant to sharing his location with us and I can see why. I want to be able to access his last location if there is genuine reason to believe he needs help or to be able to find his phone when he loses it.
Letting him know when his location has been accessed would help with his concerns about lack of freedom and reduce the likelihood that is start using it as an anxiety prop!

I use MSPY. It's easy to set up

No, it's never made sense to me why people do this. They need to grow up and I need to let them go.

I never tracked my teens and thought it was an awful thing to do. They need to be allowed their independence. Mine thought it was awful when their friends' parents do it.

My DD suggested we do find my phone with each other when she was 20 and a student so we do that - I live alone and often go off and do things like walking in the country without telling anyone.

How on earth did we manage without all this spying and paranoia.
It's not something I would want on my phone.
Its a controlling abusers wet dream.
And as far as dinner is concerned, it's ready when it's ready.