Comment by lotsoweiners

What about a smart phone as a safety device (parental leash) though? I have a 10 year old going into 6th grade next year, he has aged out of the after school program so I'm considering letting him walk home (about 1/2 -3/4 mile). There is no way in hell I would let him do that unless he has some way I can contact him and see where he is. He is at a charter school so there are far fewer neighborhood kids he could walk home with and no bus or anything like that. We're also not too concerned about screens since we let him use his iPad as much as he wants as long as he has nothing else he is supposed to do. Just curious if it seems reasonable as a safety (at least in my mind) device.