Please can someone tell me if my dd is lying? iPhone question

[F0GGYCAT]

She says she can't have find my iPhone turned on as she deleted it for storage, is that possible?

To add, I absolutely do not see what is ON his phone. That, I would absolutely not want to know 😂

You can also buy space from iCloud .
if she says no then she doesn’t get to go jogging

What’s a keychange?

Be the parent not her pal, she’s a 15yr old child!!

I have location sharing set up on my DS (15) phone and limited screen time and app restrictions too, otherwise he’d be texting away into the night.

Just tell your dd you’ll be jogging with her and accompanying her on nights out until she puts location finder on her phone.
Bet she’ll find storage in 10 seconds.

@JustRollWithIt
So his online safety is far less important to you than his whereabouts?
When everyone knows that children and teenagers are at much higher risk of mental health issues, grooming and predators from online behaviour than when they are actually outside?

Same here except he is 20. He had his ipad stolen not so long ago and we were able to tell the police where it was 24 hour later. The number of times find my iphone has been useful in locating a misplaced phone I've lost count.

He can track my phone too. we don't actually track each other but there have been times he has phoned me up when he's walking home late at night & asked me to talk to him on his journey and track him until he gets back safe.

He’s 18!
Presumably his dm has no concerns.

What's online safety got to do with Find My Iphone?

@Poolstream
Yes, he's 18. So why does she feel the need to be able to track him when he is not at home?

@Comefromaway ·
What's online safety got to do with Find My Iphone?*

So many parents have huge anxiety about their children's whereabouts. That does not translate in many cases into concern about their online activities.

Definitely non negotiable. My kids are 17 and 18 and still have their location on. My 18 year actually messages me most weekends at 4am (bless her!) to tell me she’s getting an Uber and can I follow it home on snap chat 🙄.

If she uses Strava to record her runs she can have you as a friend on that and you will
see her route etc, not as good as find my but very much she can see it is for safety rather than checking up.

Why do you want to track her?

Then she doesn’t go jogging!

Is she using an app to track her run? Most of them have built in trackers she could use, Beacon on Strava for example. Or share location on WhatsApp if she’s not using a run tracker.

I am with others, if you pay the bill / bought the phone / pay for the WiFi stuff is done on; you have sharing on. It’s not a live camera. I would be wondering what she has to hide.
My DD is 19 and we have ‘find my friends’ set up and have since she got a phone at 12. We are all on it; so it’s fair (she can see where we are too, how exciting for her!). TBH if she wanted to turn it off now she could, she’s at uni and an adult but she finds it useful to see how far away we are when we are coming to pick her up, or to say ‘can you get me….’ if she sees I am in Tesco, so she can see it as a useful tool rather than for spying! It was also very useful when she was looking after a very drunk friend on her own and didn’t know where she was in a place she’d not been before which was half an hour from home; she rang us for help at about midnight and we could use her location to find her and pick them both up.

Eh? Because she’s a child going jogging at 6am. Pretty self explanatory !

@foggycat She was meeting her dealer.

@F0GGYCAT

Is the idea of jogging at 6 am in the morning a new thing for her, OP?

It seems very early in the morning for someone who is going to school.

It's worth being aware of a sudden interest in doing extra exercise in young women, as it sometimes accompanies thoughts about cutting down on food and concerns about their weight which can lead to long-term difficulties.

Would she be interested in another sporting activity, one that is more fun and less isolating than jogging in the early hours?

I think that I would want to steer her away from getting up so early to go running personally.

I guess it depends on what rules are set out in advance of purchase.

No, because vaping at 15 is illegal.

Like others say, it is a very useful tool that we are all just used to using. It has so many advantages in day to day life. For example, to see if I am nearby for a lift. We don't constantly check location. I just see it as a very useful modern day tool. It works for us in many ways.

OP if she’s going running she can set up location sharing while she’s out on Strava, it’ll send you a text.

Yes, but surely that involves trust and not tracking them? Wouldn't it be better to have conversations about safety, and allow them to spread their wings with guidance and backup?

Teach the child to be responsible, and then you have a much reduced need to track them.