re: What is the best software for a kids phone to know their location.

He did keep tech away from his kids, but his parenting has no credibility so it doesn't matter.

There are some kids who will use computers, tablets, phones, consoles, etc. in moderation and still keep up with grades and a healthy social life, and many others who would stay locked in their room all day playing on the computer. Just have to know your kid and step in as necessary. I fell into the latter category of being an internet junkie since the day we got a 14.4kbps modem when I was 11. My parents kept the family computer in my room for lack of a better location and didn't know a lot about the internet and what could be done on it and what I was doing on it. There was also a complete lack of user-friendly parental controls for it like filters, remote access, and logs outside of web history. My grades started slipping, and taking away Internet was the ultimate punishment. Unfortunately, my parents didn't know that just disabling my AOL account wouldn't cut it, so I was able to sneak on as well. While I probably would not know as much as I know today had I not had free reign of the computer, someone like me would benefit from strict monitoring and limitations.

Nevertheless, if I ran my own private school, there would be, at minimum, a mandatory ancillary course on how to do research on the Internet, and it would start at elementary age. Public schools are still teaching the card catalog ffs.