How to Find Your Kids With a Cell Phone
Cell phones have become as much a part of our society today as televisions. Everywhere you look you can see people using cell phones, Blackberries and other portable electronic devices to communicate and entertain. Especially in the world of our younger generation, cell phones have become the single most important way to communicate with friends and family. Their use is so prevalent now that most parents feel lost without them and the ability to instantly communicate with their children. Another feature about cell phones in today's world is that many of them have GPS software built into them, which can literally make them lifesavers. This article will give you some tips on how to locate your children using their cell phones as tracking devices.
Things You'll Need
- Cell phone with GPS software
- Fully-charged cell phone batteries
- Optional purchase of additional software
Instructions
Begin by making sure the cell phone your child carries is enabled with GPS software. Almost all current cell phones come equipped with this feature, but a few older ones are still floating around out there without GPS capability. Ensure your child's phone is current. Make sure your child has a fully charged cell phone battery for her phone, and make sure a charger is with your child at all times. Stress the importance of keeping the battery charged. A dead cell phone cannot be tracked. Call the authorities if you feel the need to locate your child is an emergency. By calling 911 and other emergency agencies, they will use cell phone towers to pinpoint the location of your child's cell phone. In order to work, cell phones must "talk" to towers, and all these signals are tracked. This is the best way to track your child with as much speed as possible. Download software, such as AccuTracking or Mapquest Find Me, onto your child's cell phone. These applications have all sorts of features, from tracking the exact location of your children to the speed at which they are driving their cars, and even allow you to set boundaries that will trigger an alert if crossed. Most are paid services, but well worth the cost for peace of mind. Use sites for networking, such as Mologogo, to help you locate your children and also to provide maps of where they are in relation to where you are, making a meeting place easy to find. This is a web-based application that requires a login, but is a terrific feature for socializing as well as tracking.