One in five parents electronically track their child's trip to school: study

Krusty · Feb 7, 2019

Jo Coleman simply loves walking her daughters Alyssa and Jennah to school each morning.

It's one of the highlights of her day, but she knows it can't last forever and soon enough the pair — currently aged seven and eight — will want to make the trip by themselves.

Which raises an increasingly common question: should she use a device to electronically track their trip and keep an eye on them?

"That's a discussion we are already having in our household," Ms Coleman said.

"I just think kids and gadgets, it's a bit too early at the moment … but as they get older that will be something I need to consider.
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mirimir · Feb 9, 2019

As a child, that would have totally freaked me out. Figuring out how to avoid being tracked would have been a priority.

But hey, Faraday bags. I could probably have figured that out

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