Do you know where your children are? Why more parents are tracking their kids

They’re the former so-called latchkey kids, a generation of youngsters who came home from school to empty houses, stayed out playing until the street lights came on, and thought nothing of jumping on their bikes to get around the neighbourhood, solo or with friends.

But now, as parents, they’re tracking their own children in real time using geolocation apps.

In simpler times, checking in involved three short rings to the home landline before hanging up (to avoid the cost of a call) to let mum and dad know they had arrived safely at their destination.

Today, families are hyper-connected, employing Life360, Find My, AirTags and similar apps as they try to navigate a more complex and complicated world. Most see the technology as a family-management tool but experts caution that used incorr