My 12yo just started walking home from school alone and I’m a nervous wreck. What app do you guys actually use and trust?
Honestly, skip the hyped-up third-party trackers and just stick with Apple Find My or Google Family Link—they’re free, reliable, and won’t drain his battery pinging him every five seconds. You’ll just need to grab the phone once to enable location sharing and tweak Android’s battery optimization (or keep iOS background refresh on) so it doesn’t sleep on you. It’s not a magic GPS leash, but these will quietly show his route without turning you into a constant notification-chaser.