June 22, 2024

Youth

Axios - Parents' unprecedented ability to keep tabs on their kids might be threatening some of the normal, healthy parts of young adulthood. Location-sharing tools can help give parents peace of mind and ease the logistical burdens of raising a family. But some parents want to keep that data flowing even after their children head off to college — a tight virtual leash at a stage that's traditionally been about independence.

84% of U.S. parents use some form of tracking to monitor their kids, according to a survey from Malwarebytes, a cybersecurity company. Smartphones, which most kids have by their teenage years, make location-sharing easy.

Life360, one of the most popular tracking apps, alerts parents with hyper-specific details, like when their child walks into a friend's house, whether they're speeding on the road and a complete history of their movements over a weekend. More

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