Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30? (2012)

Re:Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30? (2012) by sizzle on Monday May 07, 2018 @05:26AM (#17011360)

Also I've noticed the proliferation of parents using 'kid tracking' apps for Android along with 'find my phone' iOS type tracking for their kids phones to keep tabs on them for peace of mind (find my phone is this a feature out of the box for iPhones?).

I think this helicopter parent micromanagement has just exploded with smartphone gps availability whereas in the 90's parents were pulling out the ol' paper map before road trips and maybe had a malfunctioning Tom Tom gps. Would love to see some data on tech savvy parents tracking their kids, anyone know about this?

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Re:Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30? (2012) by badwolf on Monday May 07, 2018 @02:04PM (#17014913)

My brother recently moved into a new neighborhood. His 9 year old daughter/my niece made a friend with a kid down the street (3 or 4 houses down)

My brother wouldn't let her go visit them before he got her a GPS tracking smartwatch with LTE for kids.

(We grew up riding our bikes to/from school, going and playing with neighborhood kids, wandering around, etc...)

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