stsomewhere
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- Joined
- Mar 13, 2008
My daughter is 18. SHe just graduated high school. She put the find my friends app on my phone. She has been going on dates from online dating apps.
My daughter and I both have it on our phones- she can track me and I can track her. Its very funny when I am driving home from someplace and get a text saying "hey mom you are coming up to a mcdonalds, can you pick me up a number 6" LOL
Mine is older now but when she was a teen we did ask that she text/call when she got where ever she was going as well as when she was heading home. Not that we didn't trust her but to give us peace of mind that she wasn't in a ditch somewhere having been in an accident.
See, every parent I know in real life seems to be in the "track your child" camp. As soon as I mention that he just got his license, I am told about life360 or find my family or other such apps. I was starting to feel crazy that I had no interest in tracking him. Thank you all for making me feel sane.
Everyone in my family can track everyone else - I can see where my kids are, DH can see where I am, I can see where he is. It's convenient. I like it the most because I can tell when they're going to be home as I'm preparing dinner, so there's a hot meal on the table and not a meal that was hot 45 minutes ago.
I've heard folks argue that it's a violation of privacy, but I don't really need privacy from my immediate family - we don't keep secrets or hide things from each other, really. If I didn't want them to know where I was for some reason (like when I'm shopping for holiday presents!) I just ask them not to track me, and trust that they'll listen.
Why is it when people don't like the idea of being constantly watched it falls back to 'you must have something to hide or you want to keep secrets'. That may be your impression but not everyone feels like they have something to hide they just don't like the idea of someone tracking them like that.Everyone in my family can track everyone else - I can see where my kids are, DH can see where I am, I can see where he is. It's convenient. I like it the most because I can tell when they're going to be home as I'm preparing dinner, so there's a hot meal on the table and not a meal that was hot 45 minutes ago.
I've heard folks argue that it's a violation of privacy, but I don't really need privacy from my immediate family - we don't keep secrets or hide things from each other, really. If I didn't want them to know where I was for some reason (like when I'm shopping for holiday presents!) I just ask them not to track me, and trust that they'll listen.