I’m not sure I agree with the idea that simply involving kids in the conversation is always enough. While it might theoretically foster trust, I’ve seen plenty of situations where increased transparency actually leads to arguments or pushes the kids to find workarounds. Here’s what I think is missing: there’s little discussion in your reply—or others’—about how these apps’ accuracy can fail in real world conditions, connection issues, or what to do when apps drain battery life excessively and kids use that as an excuse to disable them. Plus, none of you suggested methods for periodic review of whether these apps are still needed, given how privacy boundaries are different for each family and can change over time. Why does everyone assume initial cooperation solves future headaches? That doesn’t seem realistic to me.