I will follow my daughter on Life360 when you go to college

My daughter is a high school student and was recently accepted at the Dreams College. While we celebrate its huge achievement and start planning this exciting change, part of me is more than a little concern about leaving my first child home.

Do not understand me wrong – I am completely confident in my daughter. It is a “good child” the proverb and has not given us any cause of concern over the years. However, the world is outside its perfect behavior and our good faith is still a dangerous place.

For this reason, my daughter will remain in the Life 360 ​​account for our family her first year and perhaps outside it. This is not applicable.

I understand that my decision is controversial

For beginners, LIFE360 is an application to share the site where you can track the movements of your family members. She became familiar with her presence when my children hit the teenagers’ years; I heard about the other parents who use it. I decided to follow my children through high school, especially when they started driving – and I have no plans to stop.

To be clear, I do not chase adolescents. I do not verify the notifications obsessed when they reach a new site. I do not ask a million questions about their plans. I do not punish them if they travel a certain distance or go to a place without telling me.

Really, it is just an intestinal examination – a way to prevent me from anxiety if they are late or do not respond to texts or phone calls. If I can at least see their whereabouts, and their phone still has a battery, and that there are no safe alerts for driving, then I know that they simply live their lives, and I can return to me.

I do not want to lose peace of mind just because my daughter will go to college.

I mentioned my plan for other university mothers, and some of them raised their eyebrows. I understand that for some people, this may seem like a breach of privacy, and perhaps a little bit of my mother’s helicopter movement. For me, it is my work to use a tool at my disposal that may help me sleep easier when half of my heart lives in the bedroom 150 miles away.

I am mostly open to changing my opinion

Currently, my plan to track my daughter in the college is not applicable.

But as an experienced mother, I know better than talking to the divorced woman. The “I do not stand up” list that I have returned over the years is about a mile. When raising children, there is no bases book, and we need to be ready to make adjustments.

After all, when my children started learning to drive for the first time, I couldn’t understand them in my mind, and now, they lead everywhere on their own.

You may convince me several months of safe and calm university life that the time has come to reduce the digital cord. Perhaps I will feel the need to provide its location for the rest of its university studies. I keep the door open to any possibility.

At the present time, my daughter is fine with a tracking

Fortunately, my daughter does not ask to remove her and does not look trouble.

In fact, it is known to be achieved I When I am on a trip without her or just go to Sephora without inviting her. I consider our relationship very healthy, and she knows that the application provides me with some mental breathing room, so she did not ask me to stop.

If you do that, you will have a conversation, and you hear it. But follow it at at least the first few months in the college will be a requirement.

In the end, I am sure that both of them will become clear to us that the time has come to move from this stage, but in the near future, the application remains.