[enigma1122]

under 18 i'd say yes, a lot of problems start from when you are a teenager, abusive boyfriends, gangs, smoking, over-eating, drinking, lying about who you are with and where you are going, truency etc.

[Akinfenwa123]

(Original post by ITGIRL)
Children have to much freedom! They destory nearly everything that makes GB great. Chavs are prime example!

so your'e generalising every child as a chav? ok, so by your reasoning every adualt is a murderer, as the vast majority of killers are over 18?

[tasha96]

(Original post by enigma1122)
under 18 i'd say yes, a lot of problems start from when you are a teenager, abusive boyfriends, gangs, smoking, over-eating, drinking, lying about who you are with and where you are going, truency etc.

I don't think it's a good idea anyway, but what about those 16 and above. At 16 I can move out, get a full time job, get married and have kids. If I don't ever want to see my parents again- I don't have to. So why should they be able to know where I am 24/7.

[Doskey]

Isn't the whole point of childhood to lie to your parents where you are going and 99% of the time they know you're lying? I would have been seriously annoyed if I found out my parents had done this, there has to be some sort of privacy somewhere.

[enigma1122]

(Original post by tasha96)
I don't think it's a good idea anyway, but what about those 16 and above. At 16 I can move out, get a full time job, get married and have kids. If I don't ever want to see my parents again- I don't have to. So why should they be able to know where I am 24/7.

i guess if you are fully independent from them and choose to move away and get a job, then they shouldn't. but if you still live under their roof, and they still provide for you, then i think they have a right to know where you are what you are doing.

[Dude Where's My Username]

And what if they lose their phone or gets stolen?

[A Mysterious Lord]

What happened to good old fashioned trust?

[enigma1122]

if kids have nothing to hide, they have nothing to be afraid of. Its not violating privacy, your parents should be respoinsible enough to care about where you are during the day. With the gps, that literally shows on a map where you are, this will allow them to be more responsible and exercise that right. They will know if you told them you have a school camping trip and have really buggered off to get pregnant with your boyfriend in some hotel for example, or that you don't have actually have late night revision session at your best friends but you are really out at some bar getting drunk.

[enigma1122]

(Original post by A Mysterious Lord)
What happened to good old fashioned trust?

it got broken by kids lying, and creating problems in the family.

I think its a good tool for busy parents that have no means of really ensuring their kids are safe and doing what they are meant to be doing.

[f1mad]

uMad bro. Of course not.

[silverbolt]

i wonder how many parents have commented in this thread - rather than (no offence intended) angsty teenagers who think they know far more than they actually do.

For younger children i think its a good idea providing an honest balance is maintained. Knowing where someone is isnt a bad thing.

[f1mad]

(Original post by Doskey)
Isn't the whole point of childhood to lie to your parents where you are going and 99% of the time they know you're lying? .

Quite right.

[rmpr97]

(Original post by ITGIRL)
fail.... Every day i walk past london seeing what you people have done(Grafite) , and one thing is for certain "BAD PARENTING" By using this tecnology we can pin pot locations of chavs, gangs, and ASBOs. We can help children that need it and put them in prision.

Way to generalise a whole generation. So because one is under 18, one must go around mugging people in hoodies and spray painting on property? Please think before you type. In that case adults should all be tracked because the most damage in the riots was done by over 18's.
Oh by the way, if you want to condemn a whole generation as being 'chavs' at least spell better than them.
I myself would probably confine in your group of chavs, inner city 15 year old. I'd rather go out for a meal with my mates then go around vandalising. Stop thinking that this minority is a majority. It's almost like reverse ageism.

Is it not a bit of an invasion of rights if we're tracked? We're kids but that doesn't mean we're not allowed freedom. I think its a horrible idea, and if as a parent you feel you do need this then in my eyes it shows that you don't trust your child nor yourself as a parent and you're probably a bad parent.

[Hood_Man]

Out of sight, out of mind. If people are paranoid about what their kids are doing and where they're going, they won't be helped by this. It'll only make them feel worse.

"My child said they were going to the shops, the shops are that way, why are they going the other way?"

Also GPS isn't always reliable. I used my phones' GPS to record my route when I go running so I can see where I've gone and how far I've run (it's nice to have a record to see what I've done over a longer period of time ), and although it works most of the time there are other times where I'll get home, look at my phone, and see that I've apparently run 35 miles in a straight line directly South into the sea. Imagine if a paranoid parent saw that, they might think their child has been picked up in a car and taken somewhere.*

It shouldn't be assumed that the people who use this system would actually know how to use it or understand what it's showing them.



[EDIT]
*In case I get called out on it, I obviously don't mean they'd think they've been driven into the sea I mean if they saw something like that where their child has apparently travelled a long distance in an unexpected direction.

[kunoichi]

No the technology would be abused by over protective and controlling partners and parents.
Also everybody deserves privacy and shouldnt be constantly watched.

[SportsFan]

No way should it be allowed.
Case closed

[The Good]

Only if children can use GPS to track their parents.

Coming from this authoritarian - its a no.

Apart from it not being phesible, there is far too much invasion of an individuals privacy regardless of their age; as even a parent would be unlikely to have their own parents (Grandparents of said tracked child)be able to GPS track them.

However for younger children it could be usefull to prevent abductions and crimes against children.

[buchanan700]

I would if it was my child. Not all the time. But tbh I don't believe that children should really have any real 'privacy' until they are at least 16. I want to know where my child is, who they are involved with, and what they are doing on the internet. Not because I won't trust them, but the world isn't safe and children are children. Naive and not ready for full privacy. Children are given too much freedom now. Their own phones, (fair enough after say, 13, but activity must be monitored), laptops (whats wrong with a communal computer?), and parents simply don't know who they are with and where they are (teenage chavs).

[Sternumator]

Definately not. The reason children get involved in bad things is because there parents don't care about them as much, the kids who need tracking will be the ones who's parents couldnt care less where they are on the gps. It would only be used by parents to have more power. Its healthy for children to lie their parents, it is important to allow them freedom. Parents have already have enough information about their children to be good parents.

[ITGIRL]

Failed Poll beacuse the people who i said not to vote voted

Obviously you would all be against, but people who have children, people who have that bound can have more relational reason.