Neither Google Maps nor AirTag: the best mobile apps to track your child’s location and protect them

The average age at which children receive their first mobile phone in Spain is 11 years old. Although the age recommended by experts to have the first telephone ranges between 12 and 14, many families decide to bring this date forward due to different circumstances. One of them is to facilitate communication between parents and children when they begin to go to school alone or meet up with their friends.

However, if access to the digital world is not controlled at such an early age, minors could be exposed to the dangers of the Internet such as cyberbullying or electronic fraud. To avoid this, there are applications that allow parents greater control over their children’s activity in the digital world and that also facilitate their location in real time, a function that may also be of interest to those who have elderly relatives or those with disabilities. Alzheimer’s. We detail some of them.

If access to the digital world is not controlled, minors could be exposed to cyberbullying or fraud

Family Locator – GPS Tracker: This application allows you to be aware of your family’s location throughout the day, guaranteeing their safety, even if they are not with you. It allows users to receive notifications when they arrive at their destination and to delimit safe areas, such as home, school or work, and other dangerous areas. One of its most attractive functions is that it can find your lost friends and family in a few meters in a large crowd of people. In addition, the app offers real-time flight location and allows you to send and receive private messages.

Norton Family Parental Control: provides parents with all the information their children access from their mobile phone. You can restrict web pages, track your search history, and send notifications about your movements and location in real time. It also allows you to establish time limits to control the minutes that minors spend in front of screens and thus avoid future addictions.

FamilySafe: This app equips parents with different tools to help them educate their children in the world of the internet. It extracts data about the activity on the phone and also allows you to limit its usage time. Its location service offers users’ travel history and has emergency help and SOS alert.

All of these applications will be able to guarantee the peace of mind of parents when they are away from their children, in addition to providing them with information about their internet activity, preventing them from being victims of scams and accessing content inappropriate for their age.

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