Should you track your kids with technology?

Why parents should think twice about tracking apps for their kids [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 16 May 2019 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair [Kalpana Jain] A note from... Kalpana Jain Senior Religion + Ethics Editor Today’s children face risks that many of us, as parents, can feel unprepared to deal with. There are apps that promise safety by letting parents track what children are doing, who they are texting or what they view online. These apps seem to be the perfect toolkit to protect kids from the dangers parents worry about. But are they? As a parent and ethics editor, I turned to UMass Lowell’s Joel Michael Reynolds, who specializes in the ethics of emerging technologies, to find out what the evidence is that these apps provide safety for kids. 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