At 17, I was in the woods at 4 a.m. with 20 of my friends — and my phone left behind in my bedroom. Definitely not my finest moment, but as a teen who was being tracked by Life360, it seemed like my only option.

With modern day technology comes a host of things to protect your teen from, but it also offers ways to protect them. Unlike your own parents, who had no idea where you were or how to contact you as a teen, you are in constant contact with your own teen and have the ability to track their every move. (In a recent survey of our SheKnows Teen Council, nearly 78 percent of respondents said that their parents keep tabs on them via location tracking, with almost half of those using Life360.) But is it too much? Is obsessively tracking your teen actually taking away their freedom during

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