The many valuable advantages which GPS technology has brought to the world of business have made GPS tracking an essential part of every-day life. Now the same systems are being adapted so that they can be applied to the field of parenting, enabling parents to be alerted if their child leaves a certain area at a particular time. This is giving parents the power to know precisely where their children are, where they are going, even the speed and direction of their travel. The necessary GPS tracking devices can be secreted into phones, armbands, watches, even into shoes or backpacks.
One of the most popular applications which interests parents is the ability to monitor driving when their teenager has only recently passed their test. Knowing Mum and Dad are watching their every move is guaranteed to improve standards.
Some of the products being marketed for family use, measure how fast someone is going whilst at the same time display the road’s particular speed limit. This information is relayed by satellite to the parents either via a link to the family computer or, more recently, to the parents’ cell phone.
Parents are finally able to know whether their child’s attendance at a pal’s birthday sleep-over is really a night out at a rock concert; there is no longer anything to be gained by not being totally straight with one’s parents and no need for parents to have sleepless nights.
