His kid doesn't need a phone and doesn't need to be tracked to walk to school. Get over it.

Yup, came to say this.

Kids have learned to walk places on their own without maps or satnav or tracking for hundreds of thousands of years. I believe everyone would benefit from that continuing. We don't teach kids that the only way to do arithmetic is with a calculator... they learn first, then get a tool that can support what they already know. Why do we think we should do it differently here, and train this learned helplessness without a phone glued to your hand. I suspect a lot of this is projection of the parents' own discomfort with being away from their phone.

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philips 32 minutes ago | parent [-]

As I parent I am downvoting this because I am quite tired of others judging parents and their technology choices- particularly when it comes to restrictions.

Parenting is hard. Parenting when everything is changing so quickly is very difficult.

	▲	littlecranky67 3 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Way I see it, most parents give their kids early access to phones just to keep them sedated and occupied. There is zero benefit for under 14yo to have unrestricted access to the smartphone or internet. It only benefits the parents.
	▲	eigencoder 21 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah, but your kid can also walk to school without a map, it's not a big deal.

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win311fwg a minute ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The kid doesn't need it, but the parents need the kid to have it on him to appease the bored onlookers one digit away from calling the authorities.

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philips 34 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

As a parent I want a phone I can find because kids will lose a phone.

So, Find My is invaluable for locating it again.