What? Kids don't have a right to privacy with their parents especially if the parents are paying their phone bill.
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iPhone to track kids?
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Comparing kids to pets, saying kids don't have enough common sense to take care of themselves, saying kids have no right to privacy?
What is wrong with you people?
A lot of things. I'd rather keep my ultra-conservative religious nutjob parents then some of the people on this forum.
Comparing kids to pets, saying kids don't have enough common sense to take care of themselves, saying kids have no right to privacy?
What is wrong with you people?
i have dreams of having a third kid and letting him eat and do whatever he wants and being a completely hands off parent. just to see how it screws up his life. as a curious social experiment
#1 and #2 are being trained to be 1% percenters
Didn't follow that all. Could you please clarify?
Doesn't Find My iPhone only work if all devices use the same Apple ID?
Pretty sure Find My Friends is what you want.
Or doesn't AT&T have a phone tracking app?
They used to advertise something especially for keeping track of your kids phones.
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Comparing kids to pets, saying kids don't have enough common sense to take care of themselves, saying kids have no right to privacy?
What is wrong with you people?
Kids don't have any right to privacy in regards to keeping them safe.
If you'd like to relinquish your parental responsibilities feel free but don't expect others to follow you.
I don't think anyone here should have to justify or argue using Find My Friends or Find iPhone. Using those tools is what I would call GOOD PARENTING.
Let's not even go into scenarios like kidnapping and such.
I mean, in order to turn off Find My iPhone on a device using iOS 7, you will need to enter the password of the apple id that is logged into icloud on the device. So the kids would not be able to turn it off if you say, log your own icloud account in on the device.
Verizon and AT&T do have family locators, but for iPhones, it will only use the cell towers to give a general location as Apple does not allow any pre bundled software on the phones.
Freedom vs security. Again, I'm seeing parallels to certain NSA related discussions.
We use life360 since it can be used with apple and android. This app even shows sex offenders and the like on a map for your area. My son (12) started riding his bike to school so we wanted to have a way to locate him. My wife and I use this app all the time to get an eta for dinner, etc etc.
If it's something your serious about consider Android. Non jailbroken iPhones limit what you can do. With Android it's a wide open field. We've had some serious issues with my step-son and had to go this route. Complete phone, text, photo, app, contact, location, gmail, youtube, etc. You can even turn on the microphone an listen in the room, but I don't do that one. My view, until they pay the bill they don't have a right to privacy. I'm not his friend, I'm his parent.
Comparing kids to pets, saying kids don't have enough common sense to take care of themselves, saying kids have no right to privacy?
What is wrong with you people?
I agree. I'm 45 and I have 3 kids. They are 23, 16, and 12. They all have Find My iPhone switched on, but that's for emergencies. I have NEVER accessed it. But, my kids and I talk. Yanno? Talk.
The things people miss nowadays. Sheesh.
From since I can remember to 14, my parents controlled everything in my life. I sat down with them and explained I didn't like it, and I wanted to do my own thing, if I messed up, it was on me, they agreed, and have been 100% hands off parents since. I am almost 18 now.
It's crazy to see the difference it's made. I went from being a straight A, no life kid, to a completely different person. Sure, I don't get all As anymore, but I just got a 29 on the ACT. More importantly though, I have tons of amazing friends, a great social life, and no worries or regrets.
I'm willing to bet once your kids are out of your house, they will never want to talk to you since you treat them like property, instead of equal human beings, or even 100% adults like my parents do.
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Exactly!
You're almost 18 and you share a beer with your dad.
What a poster child you are for responsible parenting.
What a poster child you are for responsible parenting.
You're almost 18 and you share a beer with your dad.
What a poster child you are for responsible parenting.
I forgot how dangerous beer is, thanks dad!
You seem to be forgetting we are both adults, and can both make our own decisions
You're a crazy person. I'm glad my parents aren't like you. My parents don't go near my phone ever. I have a passcode that they don't and will never know, and they trust me enough to let me have my own private life away from them.
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Comparing kids to pets, saying kids don't have enough common sense to take care of themselves, saying kids have no right to privacy?
What is wrong with you people?
Don't even bother. Everyone on this forum is an old man and they do this all the time. They think kids have no rights at all because they pay for crap.