Iwas at a birthday lunch last month when someone at the table announced that they’d turned off location tracking for their son while he was on his gap year. “I’ve just left him to it – he’s in Colombia right now!” the dad announced proudly.

Everyone cooed over the bravery involved in flicking the “off” switch on surveilling his 18-year-old’s movements, particularly during said offspring’s first big solo trip. I was just left wondering: why did it take you this long to turn it off?

But it turns out my dining companion isn’t the only one keeping tabs on their adult children’s movements. (Yes, legally speaking an 18-year-old is an adult, no matter how many times you still need to pick up their laundry after them.) New research from Unite Students has found that two thirds of parents are u

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