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re: What are your thoughts on the Life 360 thing?
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:06 pm to MobileJosh
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:06 pm to MobileJosh
I use it with my girls so therefore they can see where I am technically. I don't really look at it unless I know they are leaving someplace and want to make sure they are ok.
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Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:07 pm to AP83
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if i get an alert stating hes doing 68mph in a 55 zone you can bet hes getting his arse chewed
Lol
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:07 pm to AP83
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HS kids do stupid stuff so if i get an alert stating hes doing 68mph in a 55 zone you can bet hes getting his arse chewed. If he's supposed to be at so an sos party yet hes 3 miles away at another persons house he will be held accountable for it.
You never drive over the speed limit? Was there any harm in being at someone else’s house?
Just reading that makes me feel like the walls are closing in around me.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:08 pm to MobileJosh
When I was a teenager I would have broken my phone before I let my parents track my every move through it
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:10 pm to Ed Osteen
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When I was a teenager I would have broken my phone before I let my parents track my every move through it
You’d better believe that. I’d have said, “Nah, I’m good, I don’t need a phone.”
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:11 pm to AP83
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if i get an alert stating hes doing 68mph in a 55 zone you can bet hes getting his arse chewed. If he's supposed to be at so an sos party yet hes 3 miles away at another persons house he will be held accountable for it.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:18 pm to tgrmeat
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Now that he's in college she feels compelled to let me know when he doesn't come back to his room until the next morning.
Does your wife know your son hates her?
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:21 pm to MobileJosh
My wife and I have it. To my knowledge neither of us abuse it. The most useful feature for us so far has been the low battery warning so I can remind her to plug her phone in 
Our kids are too young for it, but I plan to use this or a similar app when they're older.
But again, we trust each others so we don't abuse it. We only check the location if we can't get in touch with each other.
ib4keeptellingyourselfthat
ETA: My wife is in a group with her sisters, and it actually came in handy the other day. One of her sisters was driving to our house but didn't exit and was about to end up in Laplace My wife checked the location when they were almost an hour later than expected, so we called to let her know. She didn't even realize :lol:
This was a HS valedictorian that is about to start med school next semester btw
Our kids are too young for it, but I plan to use this or a similar app when they're older. But again, we trust each others so we don't abuse it. We only check the location if we can't get in touch with each other.
ib4keeptellingyourselfthat
ETA: My wife is in a group with her sisters, and it actually came in handy the other day. One of her sisters was driving to our house but didn't exit and was about to end up in Laplace
My wife checked the location when they were almost an hour later than expected, so we called to let her know. She didn't even realize :lol: This was a HS valedictorian that is about to start med school next semester btw
This post was edited on 10/15/20 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:22 pm to Salmon
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I guess my view on these types of apps and whatnot are that I will allow my kids freedom until they frick up a few times and I don't feel like I can trust them anymore.
Like if I catch them going or being places they are not supposed to be, then they no longer have the privilege of privacy.
If they are smart enough to not get caught, then kudos to them, I guess
This was my parents' philosophy. They trusted me, until I gave them a reason not to. Which I never did (well, I was never caught
).Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:24 pm to Salmon
quote:I know people who don't have kids and don't think that it's an overstep to have the Life 360 app, so IMO those people are planning on being overprotective
Do you know anyone that actually plans on being overprotective?
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:26 pm to Ed Osteen
We've got it on all of our phones in the family, although I don't share my location. When the kids were younger, it was a great tool to know they were where they were supposed to be, got home safely, etc. Wife created a bunch of location "circles" to know when the kids got to and left their friends house, gymnastics, etc.
Now that both kids are older, we removed all of that stuff and it's pretty much just a tool to glance at every now and then in case we aren't sure where they are. My oldest is a senior, and a couple of weeks ago she and some friends went to a football game down in Houma. It was nice at 11 pm just to check and make sure she made it back into town on time, and was at her friends house. Just a little peace of mind
Now that both kids are older, we removed all of that stuff and it's pretty much just a tool to glance at every now and then in case we aren't sure where they are. My oldest is a senior, and a couple of weeks ago she and some friends went to a football game down in Houma. It was nice at 11 pm just to check and make sure she made it back into town on time, and was at her friends house. Just a little peace of mind
This post was edited on 10/15/20 at 1:30 pm
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:26 pm to MobileJosh
I have my older two set up on it purely as a safeguard. I assured them that I wouldn’t check up on them unless I don’t hear from them or if they’re not responding just as they assured me they wouldn’t drink and drive, keep me posted on where they’re going, etc. In the last 4 years I’ve used it once.
I witnessed my moms stress too many times not knowing where her kids were because we were in car accidents, being in the ER, etc. Not happening to me.
I witnessed my moms stress too many times not knowing where her kids were because we were in car accidents, being in the ER, etc. Not happening to me.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:28 pm to OldManRiver
I've also noticed that my kids and their friends all have it and use it to keep up with each other. Maybe it's a girl thing, not sure, but they each could probably tell me where 20 other kids were at this moment.
Not sure why they do it, but none of them seem to think anything of it
Not sure why they do it, but none of them seem to think anything of it
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:28 pm to LNCHBOX
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The most useful feature for us so far has been the low battery warning so I can remind her to plug her phone in
Between my 13 yr old daughter and my wife, i get this alert all the time
The app did come in handy when we were in DC Airport. My daughter left her phone somewhere and of course battery ended up dying. Someone charged it and when I saw thebphone moving on the app, I started calling her cell phone. Was able to get the phone back, needless my daughter had a long plane flight home with out her phone.
As per some other people saying it drains you battery, it does on my Galaxy S71. I get the alert and put the app to sleep. I don't keep my location services turned on 24/7 so the app doesn't update my location all the time like it does on my daughter's iPhone.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:30 pm to Epic Cajun
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They trusted me, until I gave them a reason not to. Which I never did (well, I was never caught
I gave my dad plenty of reasons not to trust me. I was an absolute hellion as a teenager.
I'm still not comfortable with the whole big brother aspect of this technology. Teenagers are going to do teenager things. I have a young teenaged daughter, and I don't think she will be nearly as bad as I was (fingers crossed), but I'm still not going to monitor her movements.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:33 pm to MobileJosh
Its a slippery slope without a doubt.
Like you i look back to my highschool days and i was wild and always snuck around and such.
If you asked me before i had kids i would have said "NEVER kids have to grow and be free"
Now as a parent of 2 boys. i feel differently. Dont get me wrong i hope i am fully able to trust my kids. (they are currently 5 and 2). But the thought of IF i could have done something but chose not to and something was to happen to them i would be absolutely destroyed.
I think the key is to be upfront and honest about it. Then if they do something stupid then they deserve it. But as a parent you cant just sit back and be oblivious.
Like you i look back to my highschool days and i was wild and always snuck around and such.
If you asked me before i had kids i would have said "NEVER kids have to grow and be free"
Now as a parent of 2 boys. i feel differently. Dont get me wrong i hope i am fully able to trust my kids. (they are currently 5 and 2). But the thought of IF i could have done something but chose not to and something was to happen to them i would be absolutely destroyed.
I think the key is to be upfront and honest about it. Then if they do something stupid then they deserve it. But as a parent you cant just sit back and be oblivious.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:33 pm to LSUJML
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If I ever have kids I plan on micro chipping them like I did my dog
If you get them neutered at the same time, maybe the doctor will cut you a deal.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:36 pm to yellowfin
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Well today’s world is much safer than the one I grew up in during the 80s and 90s
This. Folks just didn't have a 24 hour news cycle to keep them scared.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:45 pm to MobileJosh
We have it. It's as much for peace of mind than anything else. I get an alert whenever my daughter leaves somewhere or arrives somewhere. So if she's headed to a friend's house that is 10 minutes away and it's been close to an hour and she's not there yet, I find out why. Also has accident alert and a "911" feature where if she's in trouble she can notify me immediately. It also tells me how fast she drives.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 1:45 pm to GatorReb
We used ours some when our daughter was in HS. I tried to not be over the top with it but it came in handy several times. Like the time i got an alert she did 96 on the hwy. There's speeding, and there's doing over 90 as an inexperienced driver. It turns out she wasnt the driver but a passenger...but whatever. That was a talking to.
And another time when she said she was going somewhere. I happen to look down 30 minutes later and she's almost to new orleans. So i call her and ask her whats up and she didn't even realize she was going the wrong way.
fwiw she hated it when we first got it but she got over it quickly. she was usually pretty up front about the stuff she wanted to do and i allowed most of it within reason. I never tried to keep her from being a HS kid, simply tried to prevent the big life changing mistakes.
And another time when she said she was going somewhere. I happen to look down 30 minutes later and she's almost to new orleans. So i call her and ask her whats up and she didn't even realize she was going the wrong way.
fwiw she hated it when we first got it but she got over it quickly. she was usually pretty up front about the stuff she wanted to do and i allowed most of it within reason. I never tried to keep her from being a HS kid, simply tried to prevent the big life changing mistakes.
This post was edited on 10/15/20 at 1:47 pm
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