“Three weeks into sixth grade, my daughter, Audrey, called me in tears. He got on a different school bus than usual, missed his stop and got off in a village he didn’t know. Her father, Sebastien, jumped in his car to pick her up. “I told him not to move and I geolocated him”, he explains. How: Thanks to the Family Link app, which shows where 10-year-old Audrey is in real time on Google Maps. “The fact that he accepts the geographical location is the condition for buying him smartphone. The idea is not to know all his facts and gestures. It’s a tool that gives us confidence when he needs more autonomy. If he has a problem, we can find him. explains the father of the family.
Sebastien is far from the only one using this technology. Between tracking smartphones, smartwatches for school kids or GPS trackers to slip into a school bag, parents are spoiled for choice…
Source: Le Figaro
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