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re: What’s this boards thoughts on life360?
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:32 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:32 pm to JohnnyKilroy
quote:See above, arguing that it's odd to just be able to check my phone while you have to go out and compile lists of every possible place your kid could be and get phone numbers and all this nonsense.
Call around the neighborhood?
If you can't see the absurdity of that, that's pretty bad.
My kids are 12. They go to a friend's house. They may go to a friend of a friend's house, the idea that it's perfectly normal to require a contact list of everyone of these parents is wild while saying it's weird to just, ya know, check your phone and be done in 2 seconds.
quote:Because you know want to know where they are, is that what you're saying?
Go to place they were supposed to be?
quote:I'd rather know my kid is on his way home before dark as opposed to leaving it to chance if he forgets or just does kid shite and then has to cross a road in the dark where it's much more dangerous. It's simple shite you can do to minimize issues without being a crazy helicopter parent.
Kids came home late
My kids have more freedom to go to more places way farther than they would without this, so the exact opposite of what is insinuated for the purpose of the app from some folks in here.
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Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:32 pm to Scuttle But
quote:Still not quite keeping up.
Shel wants to sit on the couch and drink her wine watching real housewives while she posts on FB and occasionally looking at life360 and call it parenting.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:33 pm to shel311
quote:
My kids have more freedom to go to more places way farther than they would without this, so the exact opposite of what is insinuated for the purpose of the app from some folks in here.
Your kids have zero freedom. Perhaps you're confused about the definition of the word.
This post was edited on 12/12/23 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:35 pm to shel311
quote:
your 10 or 12 year old kid didn't come home, what steps would you take?
I have 3 kids, one married and mid 20s now. My oldest and middle mostly left their phones at home. We actually didn’t allow our oldest to take phone, which seems weird now but wanted her (no pics)to enjoy time with friends and not on phone. Middle one seldom keeps phone on him and leaves it at home. App wouldn’t do us any good anyways, I’m not going to force my kids to keep a stupid phone with them, if they don’t want it. I’ll force them to behave, respect people, homework and shite like that.
I would have hated to know my parents could watch every move at the click of a button, to me it sounds depressing but maybe kids are use to being tracked. I accept there are risk, I could also tie them up and keep them in the house so they can never get kidnapped or lost. I just personally don’t like it, doesn’t sit right being able to track their every move. No problem with people who do it. My sister (no pics) does on her son and he’s in college. I know for a fact he’s miserable with it
This post was edited on 12/12/23 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:36 pm to Mushroom1968
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I accept there are risk, I could also tie them up and keep them in the house so they can never get kidnapped or lost
Yeah but what would you do if they tried to cross the street at nightime?
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:41 pm to shel311
quote:
. It's simple shite you can do to minimize issues without being a crazy helicopter parent.
Its ok shel. Youre a helicopter parent
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:41 pm to Scuttle But
quote:I'm confused about how far behind you are and unable to keep up right now, that's the only thing I'm confused about.
Your kids have zero freedom. Perhaps you're confused about the definition of the word.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:42 pm to shel311
quote:
I'm confused
I know
This post was edited on 12/12/23 at 4:43 pm
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:43 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Anybody using life360 is a pussy arse bitch.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:45 pm to Mushroom1968
quote:Having the app doesn't mean sitting at home watching every movement, that's where you're wrong.
I would have hated to know my parents could watch every move at the click of a button
It's pretty simple. if it's getting dark and I don't want them coming home crossing roads with cars going 50mph in the dark, I can make sure they're on their way home just before it this that point. And yea, we all teach our kids shite but whoever wants to pretend their kids are perfect and listen to every word their parents say, well we all know that poster is lying lol. Or if I have something urgent and need them home immediately and they're not answering their phones, I can take about 3 seconds to figure out where they re as opposed to the idea 2 posters threw out of spending time to get the phone numbers of every parent where your kids may be and then calling every number and then driving door to door to each house. That's absurd to do solely because "that's how we used to do it back in the day"
There's a shite ton of things we did back in the day that we don't do now because that would be an inefficient way to do things.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:45 pm to Deactived
quote:Better than you and the other poster who don't give 2 shits about their kids.
Its ok shel. Youre a helicopter parent
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:46 pm to shel311
quote:
Having the app doesn't mean sitting at home watching every movement, that's where you're wrong
I’m not wrong, I would hate knowing my parents could find me at the click of a button whether they ever used it or not
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:46 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:Just demand the phone numbers of all the parents in the neighborhood, spend 30 minutes calling each, then spend another hour going door to door if you need your kid home urgently.
Anybody using life360 is a pussy arse bitch.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:46 pm to shel311
quote:
It's pretty simple. if it's getting dark and I don't want them coming home crossing roads with cars going 50mph in the dark, I can make sure they're on their way home just before it this that point. And yea, we all teach our kids shite but whoever wants to pretend their kids are perfect and listen to every word their parents say, well we all know that poster is lying lol. Or if I have something urgent and need them home immediately and they're not answering their phones, I can take about 3 seconds to figure out where they re as opposed to the idea 2 posters threw out of spending time to get the phone numbers of every parent where your kids may be and then calling every number and then driving door to door to each house. That's absurd to do solely because "that's how we used to do it back in the day"
Lots of words to say "I'm a helicopter mom"
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:47 pm to Scuttle But
quote:
Kids that age (10 or 12) shouldn't have a cell phone in the first case.
as a full time fixture in their lives, I agree completely.
But we have an extra phone (we don't call it hers) that our daughter is issued ONLY when she's at home alone or when she's attending certain events like a sleepover at a friends home or when she's working the stables at the ranch - as soon as she (or we when she's home alone) return she immediately surrenders it and it goes back in my desk.
She has zero problem giving it up because she sees a couple of her older friends who have one that's permanently attached to their hands/eye/fingers and she finds it as annoying as any reasonable person would
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:48 pm to Scuttle But
quote:Beats being you and letting your wife take care of your kids because you admitted you hate them basically.
Lots of words to say "I'm a helicopter mom"
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:48 pm to shel311
quote:
Just demand the phone numbers of all the parents in the neighborhood, spend 30 minutes calling each, then spend another hour going door to door if you need your kid home urgently.
There's zero situations that require me to need a 12 year old at home immediately.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:48 pm to Scuttle But
quote:
You may as well just put an ankle bracelet on your kids like a felon who's a flight risk.
Statistically, if we are being honest, we probably should put ankle monitors on most kids exactly like a felon.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:49 pm to shel311
quote:
Beats being you and letting your wife take care of your kids because you admitted you hate them basically
There's really no reason to project your husband's faults onto strangers on the internet.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 4:50 pm to Scuttle But
quote:
There's zero situations that require me to need a 12 year old at home immediately.
Hopefully this stays the case.
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