You don’t need special shoes for that crap - just stick the tags inside any shoe and be done with it.
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These Shoes Let You Track Your Child's Location With Apple's AirTag
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Another thing to keep in mind is that if the child does not have a device on them then the stupid AirTag will just beep nonstop, or did they fix that?
These are for children and pre-teens. Are you letting your 6 year old wander off and not be monitored?
There are some children who are what we can affectionately call runners. You might be surprised how quickly they can disappear, especially in crowded settings, and get lost. These are the shoes for those children.
Absolutely nothing, in it's a solid case for one, plus even exposed it won't do anything.
There’s absolutely no clear correlation between that downward trend and the use of such technology - none. Reasons for it could be completely different.
Good grief I wish I had these years ago when my children were young. I would indeed use some sort of location to put the AirTag. But not these crappy shoes I would create my own location shoes instead of buying garbage.
Poor little Timmy growing up with an AirTag in his shoe and one leg growing longer than the other. An undocumented feature allowing the child to never run too far from home - always in a circle.
When I was young, my parents opened the front door and we ran outside. We heard them in the distance yell "be back by dark" and that was the last we heard of them. Today parents track every movement of their children. Poor little Timmy.
When I was young, my parents opened the front door and we ran outside. We heard them in the distance yell "be back by dark" and that was the last we heard of them. Today parents track every movement of their children. Poor little Timmy.
How will they know if it’s underneath the soles of the shoes?
only in dystopian minds of absolute bunkers murcians, where kids can't even simply walk to school all play in the yard all by themselves... "land of the free" ammairight? 🤦♂️
Things could have changed since the 90's but do young kids like 6, 7, 8, 9, etc really know about what's what when it comes to shoes brands? Thought this was more of a teenager thing.
Will this trigger teachers' phones at school? Or even other children if they happen to have an iphone on them or in their backpack
(the article states "but one caveat is that the kidnapper would receive an alert on their iPhone or Android smartphone if an unknown AirTag has been following them for a little while. If the kidnapper is unable to find the AirTag, it will eventually start playing a sound.")
(the article states "but one caveat is that the kidnapper would receive an alert on their iPhone or Android smartphone if an unknown AirTag has been following them for a little while. If the kidnapper is unable to find the AirTag, it will eventually start playing a sound.")
I’d also add that young children should never be left unsupervised even inside their own home. I visited a rehabilitation center for severe burn victims — one of them was a child who had been left alone for just 30 minutes (the father, divorced, had stayed outside the house to say goodbye to his new girlfriend in private — he is now on trial for this). He found a lighter and started playing with it. He’s alive by a miracle and had to undergo skin grafts. I understand that teenagers deserve a some degree of privacy, but this clearly doesn’t apply to 8-year-olds or younger.
The issue is shoes can easily come off. If a child is that small they need to be tracked, they’re that small they can lose a shoe and not think twice about it. Better option is a $5 silicone bracelet that has a tight holder just for an Apple AirTag. Near impossible to fall out and it stays strapped to their wrist. Plus, children think it’s cool telling them it’s an “Apple watch”. Biggest positive is you aren’t lying or building distrust with your children…
It’s not, it is just using technology to help one in everyday situations. Last night i went to a food truck event to meet up with friends, they have the inflatable jumping playgrounds so my son had a blast. I went to the bathroom, my wife took over looking after our son and she lost track of him. She was panicking calling his name looking everywhere (it was night time), lucky he went to where we were siting and found him with our friends resting since he was tired. These shoes help mitigate that feeling of panic so they are worth it. Other kids could have gone out, maybe tried to play in the water on the pier etc. You are paying for the piece of mind.
I suppose this shouldn't normally happen, since anti-stalking alerts are triggered after an AirTag moves with an iPhone for a certain period, not just by staying in the same location like a classroom. However, I wonder if it could be triggered during a long school trip by train or bus with teachers.
Was this not in a Black Mirror episode?
I seem to remember an episode in which a mom kept tracking her young adult daughter and when the daughter discovered that she ran away (untracked) and never talked to the mother again.
in seriousness though, there are good reasons for this.
A colleague of mine was going holiday to a big city and having two kids prone to distractions (kids getting distracted.. no???) put AirTags into their coats so in case they got lost it would be easier to track them down.
Also... some kids are not emotionally stable.
I say leave it to the parents.
I seem to remember an episode in which a mom kept tracking her young adult daughter and when the daughter discovered that she ran away (untracked) and never talked to the mother again.
in seriousness though, there are good reasons for this.
A colleague of mine was going holiday to a big city and having two kids prone to distractions (kids getting distracted.. no???) put AirTags into their coats so in case they got lost it would be easier to track them down.
Also... some kids are not emotionally stable.
I say leave it to the parents.
Better yet, strap everyone with AR glasses and gps tracking. Everyone knows exactly where you are all the time.Why stop at the shoes and lets add a microphone so we can hear what's going on.
They become an object for sure. Whatever type isn’t really relevant.
I think it depends on the child and their age (kids between 3 and 5 often take off their shoes – between 6 and 8 it’s more difficult), which every parent knows. For example, my daughter often takes off her watch (because she likes it but sometimes it bothers her wrist and she forgets it somewhere), and sometimes she puts on and takes off necklaces. Usually, she doesn’t take off her shoes, at least not outside (although taking them off in the car if the trip gets longer is another story). In short, I believe there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution, but every parent knows what’s best for their own child.
But actually, it’s not about lying to the child. I mean, if we’re talking about ages 0 to 8, a parent MUST always know where the child is — that is, generally (when they’re not at relatives’ or grandparents’ under their care, or on vacation) the child is either with the parents or at school. In fact, the AirTag wouldn’t even be the right product, because for it to work effectively you would need geofencing, which the AirTag doesn’t offer.
Also, if we’re talking about kidnapping prevention, a small child shouldn’t know about it, because most of them (again, every parent knows their own child… some kids are very careful not to say anything to strangers, others are very naïve) might tell the kidnapper, “You know, my dad always knows where I am thanks to this shoe.”
Better yet, once lost mode is enabled, that AirTag gonna ping the heck out of other nearby devices. Other people might not be aware but damn. As if AirTags were never misused before.As long as parents understand that not only can they track your children but other nefarious people can too.
Before GPS was widespread, Nike had a similar shoe to hold their tracking device. I used them for years without fail.