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Is a Child Locator Smartphone App on Halloween Overprotective?

As you and your kids get ready to trick-or-treat around the neighborhood, how will you make sure they're safe?

Trick-or-treating is almost a rite of passage for children to venture out of their homes at night for the first time without their parents.

But thanks to the ever-expanding store of smartphone apps, technology is now helping moms and dads keep track of their kids.

A smartphone application developer, Iconosys, Inc., in Southern California has developed the Trick or Tracker, which allows parents to locate exactly where their children are using the GPS on their trick-or-treaters’ phones.

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As children become increasingly tech savvy, they can use their iPhones to find their way home. The Trick or Tracker has a tracking compass that can guide children home.

Are these smartphone apps completely overboard? Have adults become too reliant on technology in building communicative, strong relationships with their children?

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Some argue that “smart” phones have made children less and less inclined to use common sense, rendering them directionally-challenged.

So tell us in the comments, how will you keep your children safe this Halloween?


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