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Thread (Discussion): Poll 1037 - Would your child be safer if your child wore a GPS watch which tracked your child's loca
Message 127980
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Posted by admin
on Mar 02, 2004 09:53 PM | Also by admin
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Discuss Poll 1037 - Would your child be safer if your child wore a GPS watch which tracked your child's location and notified you if it was removed?
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Message 128045 (In Reply to Message 127980)
Yes
Posted by dp1
on Mar 04, 2004 12:55 PM | Also by dp1
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My kids are still small but many parents with teenaged children seem to spend a lot of time tracking their kids. I'd GPS them in a heartbeat if I had to spend more than 10 minutes a day worrying about their whereabouts.
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Message 128062 (In Reply to Message 127980)
Maybe
Posted by orolan
on Mar 05, 2004 12:22 AM | Also by orolan
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I can think of a time or three when I wished I could pinpoint the location of my daughter in her younger years.
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Message 128311 (In Reply to Message 128062)
no
Posted by poetsdreamscape
on Mar 08, 2004 08:31 PM | Also by poetsdreamscape
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A child isnt safer if they have a gps because the fact if somthing happens its going to happen and by the time anyone even knows that somethings happened it may be to late , only thing good from it is that a body can be located faster and yes we will be seeing more of those as the sex laws become more knowledgable and future predotors become more violent
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Message 128818 (In Reply to Message 128045)
GPS in car
Posted by Silverthorne
on Mar 18, 2004 02:00 AM | Also by Silverthorne
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I'm aware of services that sell GPS stuff for parents to put in the teenagers cars. Like "black boxes" they record driving habits, speed, braking, some even have cameras that mount on the back deck and record everything going on in a car.
Its no coincidence that more kids are killed with other kids in the car then when driving alone. Peer pressure and "I'm a kid" kick in. Many states have laws prohibiting minors from having more than one other teenage passenger in the car at a time.
Silverthorne
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Message 151622 (In Reply to Message 128045)
GPS watches for kids
Posted by gpsgoddess
on May 12, 2005 12:48 AM | Also by gpsgoddess
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GPS watches for kids will soon be available at wherifywireless.com. There is currently a waiting list, which I am on, to use their product. There are certainly limitations to GPS technology, but I think my children would be safer. If there is ever a question of where the child is, you can simply look online or call a phone number and locate your child, real time. It is designed for younger children (not teenagers to check up on them) ages 7-12.
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Message 151649 (In Reply to Message 151622)
Posted by orolan
on May 12, 2005 05:07 PM | Also by orolan
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While GPS watches are great for tracking your child's movements, don't rely on it to keep them safe. The watches are easily identified, and some savvy abductor may simply toss it into an open boxcar on a passing train. While you chase the Illinois Central bound for Omaha, he and your child will rapidly head in the opposite direction.
Child abduction by a stranger and sexual psychopath is terrible. Fortunately, its occurrence is extremely rare.
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127980, admin, Mar 02, 2004 09:53 PM [Introduction]
128045, dp1, Mar 04, 2004 12:55 PM [Yes]
128818, Silverthorne, Mar 18, 2004 02:00 AM [GPS in car]
151622, gpsgoddess, May 12, 2005 12:48 AM [GPS watches for kids]
151649, orolan, May 12, 2005 05:07 PM
128062, orolan, Mar 05, 2004 12:22 AM [Maybe]
128311, poetsdreamscape, Mar 08, 2004 08:31 PM [no]
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