Location apps such as Life 360 and Find My Friends allow parents to keep tabs on their children [Getty Images] Is it caring or overbearing? Many parents are turning to their phones to keep tabs on ...

The upcoming rules of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act should allow basic tracking of children on social media ...

When her preteen son aged out of his after-school program, Olga Ramos suddenly found herself in new parenting territory. Her son was ready to walk home by himself and linger after school with clubs, ...

Illustration with eye, location tags, and a person walking with phone and another person hiking over city map. Marcus Hadden, a father of three from central New Jersey, texts and talks with his oldest ...

Focus on signs of concern rather than seeking total control. One way is to summarize their posts, comments, or videos to look for concerning themes. Google's Family Link and Apple's Screen Time are ...

Noyb, the Austrian data protection watchdog, found that Microsoft violated a student’s privacy by installing tracking cookies ...

I’d chuck an Apple AirTag tracking device into my two children’s backpacks, along with their PE kit and water bottle, thinking it was the right thing to do. They were just six and four. If I kept a ...

Is it caring or overbearing? Many parents are turning to their phones to keep tabs on their adult children - but is this OK (if they agree to it) or is it a sign of mums and dads struggling to let go?