GPS monitoring of your kids; good idea?
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Yeah, I had great parents, but still managed to do a lot of stupid **** that I wish they could have stopped me from doing.
90% of this board would disagree. Blind faith is what they expect towards every coach, admin. and player.
Unfortunately my dad was gone before Reagan was president. So it always illicited a smile when he said this. Still it doesn't mean it is not true now.
I like the cell phone deal. Just tell them in advance if they want a cell phone they have to have this service. I'm not saying that you should be on the computer tracking your children whenever they leave the house, but if they for instance break curfew it would be nice to know where they were. Or if your teenager comes home hammered I'd like to know where he was. Basically only use it if they give you reason to use it.
I would tend to agree. Would be nice in emergencies, but if you feel like you have to spy then you suck.
My mother would have been all over this stuff.
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I like the concept and by the time I have kids old enough that I will allow them to have cell phones (once they are old enough to drive) I can't wait to see what kind of technology we will have. I already plan to be pretty strict with the cell phone as in disabling text messaging, paying close attention to the phone bill, etc. and whether they know or not GPS is something I'll probably consider too. I already know how much crap I did without my parents knowing and they were like hawks about what we did, with who, and where. So its scares me in this day of age to see what else kids are doing that parents wish they knew about.
I agree, for the most part. I grew up on a farm and think it would be ridiculous to use on a kid in that situation. But cities are different. I don't have any kids, and don't mean to offend anyone who does this, but this is why I'd be hesitant to raise kids in a metro area in the first place.
I do think things like this are changing the whole attitude of parenting, and some lazy parents will become lazier because of it. I'm still in shock at how many young kids have cell phones at all nowadays. I can understand the emergency thing, but whatever happened to "your butt better be at xxx by x:30 or you're in trouble!"
I can see giving a kid a phone at a fairly young age, 10ish maybe, but it would only be able to receive and make calls to certain numbers, mom and dad, grandparents etc.
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Now that I have a kid in high school I have had some pretty interesting conversations with my mom. I was amazed at how much my mom actually knew of my activities. Her best advice so far has been "It's not about having or getting the information it is knowing when to use it."
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That's our plan for our kids. We'll get my oldest a phone probably in the next year, simply because with the amount of traveling she does already for bball and softball in third grade, it's only going to get worse plus our youngest is playing sports now so we'll have to rely on carpooling with other parents at times, so it'll be nice to have the ability to get a hold of her...and to track her.:wink:
That's kinda true though. I mean, unless you're doing something illegal or something that could alter your life (drugs, etc.), oh well. I'm sure my mom knows more than I think she does, but at the same time, she won't call me out on it because I need to make a few mistakes along the way so I learn something. There's gotta be a mutual trust that a) if I get myself in a sticky situation my parents will help me fix it (see: drunk at a party, need to get home, parents come pick you up instead of driving) and b) my goal is NOT to get myself in those kinds of situations so my parents don't need to bail me out. Basically if you mess up, don't compound it.
That's the fine line I am currently trying to walk as a parent. Lords knows my parents let me get myself into a mess a few times when they could have intervened and saved me a whole lot of trouble.
