175: Encore: Should I Track My Teen’s Location?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It’s easy to track kids using cell phone technology. But is it a good idea to do so? Today's technology allows us to know a lot more about our kids than our parents ever knew about us. While parents might track their teens for supervision and safety reasons, teens often long for more independence and privacy than tracking allows. Dr. Lisa explains why this tension is an expectable, healthy part of adolescent development and unpacks two key questions: What, exactly, does tracking accomplish? And does it really help to keep teens safe? Reena asks about the downsides of tracking a teen’s location and Dr. Lisa lays out the tricky scenarios she's encountered in her practice. Follow and subscribe to our YouTube channel where you can see all our latest video episodes: https://youtube.com/@asklisapodcast And follow us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @Lisa.Damour, @ReenaNinan. Checkout Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: https://www.goodtroubleproductions.com

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rina Ninean and this is Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast.
0:10.7	It's a podcast to help parents better understand their kids. Dr. Lisa DeMore, a psychologist with three
0:17.2	decades of experience, and the author of three New York Times best-selling parenting books
0:22.3	takes your questions.
0:23.7	Both of us are moms ourselves,
0:25.6	and we're eager to hear from you.
0:27.1	So send us your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.LisaDemore.com
0:31.5	and join our community by following us
0:33.5	on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
0:36.8	at Ask Lisa Podcast.
0:39.5	Encore episode 175, should I track my teens location?
0:47.4	Today we take a deep dive into the heart of modern parenting, technology and its role in tracking our teens.
0:54.3	These days, we know more about our kids than our parents ever knew about us.
0:58.5	But is it really a good idea to track your teen's location?
1:02.1	How do we balance our teens' desire for independence and privacy?
1:05.9	Dr. Lisa explains why this tension is a normal, healthy part of growing up.
1:10.8	We know it can be frustrating for
1:11.9	parents. So join us now for Encore episode 175. Should I track my teen's location?
1:18.8	So since I haven't gotten my kids a cell phone, there's this whole world once you've given your
1:24.1	kid a cell phone that I'm unaware of, but I didn't know that sometimes parents track their kids' location via cell phone.
1:31.4	They turn it on and can know exactly where they really are.
1:34.7	Is that a big thing?
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