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Episode 97, should I track my teen's location? So since I haven't gotten my kids a cell phone, there's this whole world once you've given your kid a cell phone that I'm unaware of, but I didn't know that sometimes parents track their kids' location via cell phone.

They turn it on and can know exactly where they really are.

Is that a big thing?

They do.

It's a huge thing.

And it's a hugely controversial thing, actually, among parents.

Some parents feel very strongly that you should not track your teenagers, that it's important for them to

be independent in the world. And other parents think, like, what loving parent wouldn't track

your teenager and know where they are and maybe help keep them safe? It's a big topic.

That's interesting. So I'm in the, okay, track them, track them. But I'm curious to know by the end

of the podcast, if I still feel that way, I want to read you this letter that came into our inbox, Lisa,

it says, hello. I love your podcast, and I was wondering what your thoughts are about the location

tracking app, Life 360 and Teenagers turning it off. I have a rising senior who doesn't want to be

on our Life 360 family plan for our senior year, and I don't feel comfortable

doing it. I really like the safety feature of it, and I like to know I can check where he is.

What are your thoughts? First of up, what is this Life 360? I've never heard of it.

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