Intent and effect are different things. And certainly different ages call for different levels of freedom. My main critique was leveled at the company which directly facilitates the surveilance and not necessarily individual parents.

But I would hope that parents who do choose to monitor their kids in various ways also educate them (again age appropriately) on the importance (and potential safety tradeoffs) of privacy, as well as how to decide who to share their location data with (friends? internet friends? teachers? bosses? partners? police? corporations? governments?)

Again, not trying to criticize parenting decisions I have little context on, just trying to raise some discussion thoughts.