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Post by merry27 on Jun 9, 2022 14:44:34 GMT
My oldest is 18 and just graduated from high school. I have used Life360 since they started driving. I only check it if I text or try to call them and don’t get a response within the hour. DH thinks that I should drop them from Life360 now that they graduated. I want to keep it on there. What did you do once your kids turned 18? We pay for the phone and plan to do so through college.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jun 9, 2022 14:53:29 GMT
We still have it for our son who is 19. He kind of rolls his eyes about it but doesn’t say much. We all have it on our phones and I use it occasionally to see where someone is at (like, is DS at home yet or still at practice? Is DH on his way home from work and close to home or can I ask him to stop and grab something?). Those kinds of things. I think my husband pays way more attention to oldest DS’s comings and going’s when he was at college than I do, though.
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Post by keithurbanlovinpea on Jun 9, 2022 14:54:42 GMT
I think it depends on what you do with the info once you have it. My two DDs are 20 and almost 24 and we still have it. But I don't monitor their every move, ask where they are etc. I check in on them when I want to ensure they arrive safely somewhere, or if I call/text and they don't respond. The key is no matter when I check it, I never use the information against them or pry into their lives.
I will say it is super handy if they lose their phone (ahem, leave it in a bar), get stuck somewhere, get lost, etc. The usefulness of the app in those situations cannot be overstated.
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Post by gorgeouskid on Jun 9, 2022 14:59:21 GMT
We had Life360 for DS until he went away to college, just over 18 years old.
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Post by J u l e e on Jun 9, 2022 15:25:33 GMT
I’ve never used it. I imagine you have to be really honest about why you’re using it and if you really still need it for that.
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Post by mom on Jun 9, 2022 15:49:56 GMT
We had it til DS1 turned 21 (he was in college). After 21, he is an adult and I don't need to know his every where abouts all the time. We did use it multiple times to find his phone though.
DS2 enlisted at 19, and we dont have it on him at all. He's Uncle Sam's problem if he's doing things he shouldnt be.
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Post by TankTop on Jun 9, 2022 16:02:44 GMT
We gave ours two options…
-Stay on Life360 -Share location through iPhone with someone of their choice and give us their contact info
Our thought is that someone needs to have a way of locating them in case of emergency. We never abused Life360 so one stayed on it and the other chose to share their location with me and a local friend through iPhone.
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Post by Baseballmom23 on Jun 9, 2022 16:09:19 GMT
We share through iPhone. We had it on with my older DS until he moved out and got married. He and his wife keep track of each other.
My youngest, 23DS, I have it on him. I have never abused it or ask why he was at a certain location. For me, Its for emergency purposes only
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Post by styxgirl on Jun 9, 2022 16:10:33 GMT
My teen DDs 19 and 17, use Life 360 to keep track of me as much as I use it to keep track of them. LOL They are irritated that their Dad won't put it on his phone.
Most of it is for family convenience things as a previous poster mentioned. (Am I close to the store. Have I left work yet). I admit, I do have a sigh of relief when I get the chime that they have arrived at home.
I have no intention of asking either of them to remove it from their phones anytime soon or allowing them to as long as I am paying for their phones and service.
For girls, we all just know it's not a being nosy thing, it's a safety thing.
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Post by busy on Jun 9, 2022 16:18:33 GMT
I can't imagine paying for that. I'd just use Find My Phone location sharing. I'd let it lapse.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jun 9, 2022 16:21:52 GMT
I’ve never used it and didn’t realize you had to pay for it (eta - though duh of course you have to pay lol) Regardless I would not require my kids to use it.
We do use the Find My Friends feature - but even that is up to my kids. Two don’t mind keeping it on, but one usually turns it off. My kids are 21,20 and almost 18.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 9, 2022 16:21:53 GMT
I hated it tbh. I've always had find my iphone - or the predecessor, but there was a glitch at some point and my daughter set up a Life360 when she was at school - apparently her friend group uses it to keep track of each other when they're meeting up. It gives way too much info and felt creepy for an adult. We fixed the find my iphone and I deleted life 360. I use the find my iphone very infrequently if she is on a road trip or otherwise can't text and I want to make sure she's okay.
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Post by gar on Jun 9, 2022 16:23:41 GMT
We made DDs have it when they were younger and only stopped using it when we all had iPhones and used Find.... They know we have never used it of anything other than their safety and don't mind at all. I rarely use it...only for things like they've done a long drive alone, I just check they got there without asking them to remember to let me know.
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Post by smartypants71 on Jun 9, 2022 16:25:28 GMT
I just use the FindMy on iphone. We share our locations with each other. My mom also follows me and vice versa. My son is 20 and I'm 50. I guess you just never outgrow your mom needing to know where you are LOL.
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Post by maryland on Jun 9, 2022 16:27:26 GMT
I’ve never used it. I imagine you have to be really honest about why you’re using it and if you really still need it for that. We have never used it on our kids either. I think because we have always given our daughters so much freedom, they are always good about telling us if they are going out without us even asking. Of course when they are at college, they do their own thing anyways.
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Post by Patter on Jun 9, 2022 16:30:11 GMT
I’ve never used it and didn’t realize you had to pay for it. Regardless I would not require my kids to use it. We do use the Find My Friends feature - but even that is up to my kids. Two don’t mind keeping it on, but one usually turns it off. My kids are 21,20 and almost 18. You don't have to pay for it. We use the free option. My parents, our girls (27 1/2), and us are all on it. We LOVE it. We always joke that Nana and Granddad are going to be kicked off because they LOVE to watch where everyone is. We use it for safety. All adults on the group, and all love it.
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Post by huskermom98 on Jun 9, 2022 17:08:53 GMT
We use the free version of Life360 and it's been nice for our older son--is he on his way home? are we at the right place for his game? oh look, he must be working... DH has it set up on his phone that he gets notifications when any of us leave a known location (home/school/work) and I think that's a bit much (although handy when I'm trying to time dinner for when ODS gets home from practice). As to when ODS graduates in a year--I'm planning to keep him on the app, especially if he goes somewhere that's not local, not to check up on him all day, but more for when he would be traveling to and from home.
I love using the app whenever the boys travel somewhere without me because I like to screenshot their location for scrapbooking purposes.
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Post by Laurie on Jun 9, 2022 17:13:39 GMT
Dd graduated last year and is still using it. She hasn’t brought up deleting it. However, I am also aware of that possibility so I definitely don’t abuse it by making her I think I am spying on her.
I have a coworker that less than a week after his dd graduated she either deleted the app or removed her parents from her circle.
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Post by jenjie on Jun 9, 2022 17:17:25 GMT
I literally just read this post on fb about life 360. It was accompanied by pics of a car on its side.
“For those of you that don’t already know about the app Life360, then I am here to share my own personal experience. On Wednesday afternoon my oldest daughter was on her way home from school. At 3:19pm I recieved the most terrifying call from a number I didn’t recognize, but I went ahead and answered it anyway. It was an operator with life360. She notified me that they had detected that Bonnie Claire may have been involved in an accident and the police and ambulance had already been dispatched.
I immediately called her phone with no answer and was on my way to her location which was pin pointed by life360. I had no idea her condition, if she was in the car by herself, or if there were any other vehicles involved until I arrived on the scene. That drive was the longest and most helpless feeling 10-15 minutes of my life. When I arrived Bonnie Claire was in the back of the ambulance a little banged up, but she was alive and well.
I went back and looked thru the life360 app later that night. She went off the road at 3:18pm on Wednesday afternoon and by 3:19pm police, fire, and ambulance were dispatched to the scene. I think life360 has made a lifetime member out of me. God forbid she would have been somewhere by herself at night on not so busy of a street, without so many friends and family nearby to get to her. I felt like I should share my experience with those of you who have not heard of this app.
Thank you to all of you who were at the scene, officer Bo Jackson and the other Baton Rouge Police department officers who were at the scene. Officer Jackson went above and beyond bringing Bonnie Claire’s school books, glasses, and cell phone to the hospital so that she would not lose her school stuff. There were several people who were on the scene as soon as her car had flipped that pulled off the road immediately and pulled her out of her Camry that was now laying on his side.
I will forever be in your gratitude as my daughters only recollection is that a man pulled her out of the vehicle, and there was a lady with prayed over her the entire time until the ambulance arrived. Thank you Matt Massey, Chris Gresham, the “cute firefighter” (her words not mine) that held her hand while she was waiting in the ambulance, the EMTs, BRPD, her banged up Guardian Angels, and everyone else who dropped everything to make sure my baby girl made it home to Brooke Nelson and I!
***I’m updating this post because there have been a lot of questions about which version of the app we use- paid or the free version. We use the paid version- from what I understand the free version does have accident detection. However they will not alert the authorities after an accident unless you have the paid version.“
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Post by Linda on Jun 9, 2022 17:32:15 GMT
we've never used it nor have we ever felt a need to.
I will say DD22 always messages me (and also her brother now she lives with him - she would leave a note for her college roommate when she was in a dorm) when she leaves the house, gets on the bus, gets off the bus, leaves her destination etc...) not because anyone is keeping track but because it's a good idea for someone to know where she's headed and to know her last spot if something happened. DS30 is Navy so the military keeps track of him. DD15 doesn't typically leave without one of us (she's not driving yet) but when she does, same deal on messages.
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Post by freecharlie on Jun 9, 2022 18:43:18 GMT
We actually started using life 360 when ods went to college. It was to know where he was as he was driving between Laramie and here as those roads get treacherous in the winter.
We've kept it by their choice so that we all know where each other are if needed. It also helps if there is an accident, I dont have to call to make sure that weren't in it.
Ods and his gf now have their own circle for the same reasons
If either kid ever wants to drop it, they can.
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Post by styxgirl on Jun 9, 2022 19:44:10 GMT
I can't imagine paying for that. I'd just use Find My Phone location sharing. I'd let it lapse. We just have the free version… you can get notifications for two places with the free version.
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Post by caangel on Jun 9, 2022 19:53:52 GMT
Currently we share location through Google Maps. Works for now but my kids are young teens so not sure if we will want more features once they are driving.
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Post by Zee on Jun 9, 2022 20:17:40 GMT
I have never tracked my kids' whereabouts. They've always been good about answering a quick Snapchat if I need something.
I grew up in an age where you couldn't be monitored 24/7 so I guess I see this as unnecessary, for adults in particular.
That said, when we all lived together and they were older/driving age, THEY were constantly monitoring MY whereabouts so I had to always tell them I was going for a walk or to the store or whatever. My DD especially. I'd pull into the drivethru "hey where are you" bagging groceries "when are you gonna be home" leaving for a pedicure after work "why aren't you home yet" on the bike path "did you get murdered" 🤣🤣 Probably should have gotten that for her to track me.
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Post by johnnysmom on Jun 9, 2022 20:42:04 GMT
A requirement of ds getting a phone when he was 12 was that he always kept Find my iPhone enabled. He’s now nearly 21 and it’s still connected to ours. He knows it and couldn’t care less. I rarely check it, mostly only when the roads are really bad and I want to make sure he made it to work safely (he has a long drive on country roads). I figure that is preferable to his mommy calling to make sure he’s safe 😉
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Post by malibou on Jun 9, 2022 21:18:49 GMT
Ds21 insisted that both Dh and I follow him on Find My when he went out of state to college. I very seldom use it, and 98% of the time I use it is to see if Dh is still riding his bike, or on his way home.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 10, 2022 1:26:08 GMT
I don't really know what it is, but I can get a fair idea from reading this thread that it is some kind of tracking device. I have no desire to track my adult children, so even if I had used it when they were younger, I would not be using it once they hit 18. It seems super intrusive to me.
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Post by ~Sherri~ on Jun 10, 2022 3:01:32 GMT
We just recently started using the free version of Life360. It was actually my 16yr old DGD who suggested to put it on our phones. She just recently got her driver's license and I think it makes her feel better. My youngest DD, who is 26, married and a mom, is also on our Life360. She is a fairly new driver and I think it makes her feel safer with it. And to be honest, with the craziness of life, I am glad we have it.
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Jun 11, 2022 23:45:10 GMT
My son just got his license in March. I love the 360 app. Nothing to do with trust and more about safety, especially when he is driving late at night on back roads or even if he is driving thru the city. There is some crazy sh!t going on in our small city mostly due to drugs, violence and homelessness.
So if he gets stuck somewhere or driving late at night, I can see what route he is on etc. It is definitely a comfort having the app.
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Post by kelly8875 on Jun 11, 2022 23:56:12 GMT
I stopped when they graduated. My dd shared her location with me on our iPhones, so I don’t really need it. But I don’t need the alerts to certain locations like we used to have on 360. She likes to use it on me too, she knows it’s kind of a smart safety feature for her and I to use. She doesn’t share her location with her dad I don’t think.
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