The Walt Disney Company will launch a new wireless phone service, called Disney Mobile (via Slashdot) that allows parents to track their children on a map using Global Positioning System technology and decide who their children can call and when.

For security reason, I started to let my daughter use mobile phones from Grade 6. She could call me anytime when she needed me. So, I felt ease although my daughter was away from me because we could get connected via mobile phones. As a parent, I really welcome the new service offered by The Walt Disney. But, um…. as teenagers, they desperately need independency, autonomy and privacy, so I wonder if they like their parents tracking them down. If parents use the service without their children’s consensus, would the trust between them be jeopardized? What would you suggest?

Disney Phone Service Features GPS Tracking Of Children [local6.com]

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