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TrustSerenity

TrustSerenity

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that will help me keep track of my son's location? I just want to make sure that he's safe and not going where he's not supposed to be going. I'm so not ready for these teen years. Thanks for the help.
 
TrustSerenity said:
that will help me keep track of my son's location? I just want to make sure that he's safe and not going where he's not supposed to be going. I'm so not ready for these teen years. Thanks for the help.
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If he has an android phone, you can track him through Google's Latitude app that comes with the phone. Just make sure that he stays signed in on his phone. It's not 100% accurate. But I've heard that it can get you within 1/2 mile...maybe closer.
 
find my phone......when you send a text keyword "findme" is the default, from any other phone than the one you wish to track, the service will begin sending you gps updates...and even a link to google maps that will pinpoint your lost phone's (or sons) location. its bad ass
 
Great idea. But you got to remember, you've got to let teens be teens or else it will make them do everything despite what you say. Just sayin ;)
 
gamer30168 said:
find my phone......when you send a text keyword "findme" is the default, from any other phone than the one you wish to track, the service will begin sending you gps updates...and even a link to google maps that will pinpoint your lost phone's (or sons) location. its bad ass
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That sounds pretty cool. Can that track any phone, or just androids?
 
kidlogger is the best logs activity and location and uploads to online interface. use it to keep my texts and calls backed up online
 
Thanks everyone for the help. I do understand that teens need to be teens but I'm just not ready. Lol I'm trying to give him his freedom but I also want to make sure he's safe. He's hanging out with a kid that's 3 years older.
 
I'm 17 and I would not like either of my parents doing this ;o but I suggest lostdroid it gives you a gps location and it also helps if his phone gets stolen.
 
Mexjoker said:
I'm 17 and I would not like either of my parents doing this ;o but I suggest lostdroid it gives you a gps location and it also helps if his phone gets stolen.
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well hoping that u dont but if u ever end up in a bad situation at this age that could have been avoided ur guna wish ur parents did that for u. maybe not now but 10 years from now when u tryna get promoted to a manager and u realize u still had that one thing on ur record which ruins it all
 
akikhia said:
well hoping that u dont but if u ever end up in a bad situation at this age that could have been avoided ur guna wish ur parents did that for u. maybe not now but 10 years from now when u tryna get promoted to a manager and u realize u still had that one thing on ur record which ruins it all
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You just sent chills down my spine xD
 
I think you shouldnt track your kid. i do understand your fears tho. Fact is that you just cant be there every step of the way. he must make his own choices sometime...id shit bricks if i could prove big brother tracked me like that....electronic surveillance def falls into a moraly hazy area
 
I think you shouldnt track your kid. i do understand your fears tho. Fact is that you just cant be there every step of the way. he must make his own choices sometime...id shit bricks if i could prove big brother tracked me like that....electronic surveillance def falls into a moraly hazy area
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While I'm no parent I can't help but agree. Being worried is one thing, but using your kids phone as a tracker is another (unless the kid is really that bad). In the end teenagers are going to be rebellious regardless of how much you try to avoid it, and the more you restrain them now the worse they are going to be in the long run.

But who am I to talk.

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sorry to disagree let a teen just be a teen? where do the F ya get nonsense from anyways i admire a parent trying to be a protective parent dont ever change that for any1!!!!!!!!! anyways me being a 26 year old man i have to be greatful for my parents for being strict with me and even with all that ive done so much that i regret but today i can sit here typing this to you guys only cuz i had parents that taught me morals and even when i didnt want to listen to them and did what i wanted to do i thought back to relize geeze they were right all along! so let a teen be a teen lol clearly dont have kids yet..... with that being said theres an app called plan b as well try it out. If they dont like it tell them to get a job and pay their own damn phone bill!
 
n4zty said:
sorry to disagree let a teen just be a teen? where do the F ya get nonsense from anyways i admire a parent trying to be a protective parent dont ever change that for any1!!!!!!!!! anyways me being a 26 year old man i have to be greatful for my parents for being strict with me and even with all that ive done so much that i regret but today i can sit here typing this to you guys only cuz i had parents that taught me morals and even when i didnt want to listen to them and did what i wanted to do i thought back to relize geeze they were right all along! so let a teen be a teen lol clearly dont have kids yet..... with that being said theres an app called plan b as well try it out. If they dont like it tell them to get a job and pay their own damn phone bill!
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Thank you for that. I will not change for anyone. I'm raising 3 boys by myself and if this gives me the piece of mind that I need then I'm going to do it.
 
TrustSerenity said:
Thank you for that. I will not change for anyone. I'm raising 3 boys by myself and if this gives me the piece of mind that I need then I'm going to do it.
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True True.

This is not to track their movement and limit their freedom. This is for safety and peace of a mom who raises 3 boys who pay their phones and phone bills :)
 
I would recommend you doing a search on Google Play looking for 'parental control apps'. I can't speak for which ones are good or not.
 
Bard said:
True True.

This is not to track their movement and limit their freedom. This is for safety and peace of a mom who raises 3 boys who pay their phones and phone bills :)
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I don't want to limit them at all. I just want to make sure that if there's ever any trouble and my son needs me I can easily get to him if that makes any sense?
 
I raised two teens. One never got in trouble and the other got in trouble all the time. Both ended up fine, but I would have allowed my troubled teen to go out and do more if I had an app at the time that I could use to keep tabs on her in key situations. She used to lie to us all the time about where she was. Caught her constantly.

I don't break the law because it's the right thing to do but also because I'm afraid of getting caught.
 
cyberrico said:
I raised two teens. One never got in trouble and the other got in trouble all the time. Both ended up fine, but I would have allowed my troubled teen to go out and do more if I had an app at the time that I could use to keep tabs on her in key situations. She used to lie to us all the time about where she was. Caught her constantly.

I don't break the law because it's the right thing to do but also because I'm afraid of getting caught.
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well put
 
I have used 'wheres my droid' to keep track of my kid. Text a special password of your choosing, and it activates GPS location even if its off, texting you the location , speed if hes traveling, etc.
 
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