Technology

We do this, 2 timex family family connect watches, the older green ones off eBay. It's perfect and it opened up the privilege of walking home from school, walking to the park, and walking to friends houses as long as they keep it charged and check in. The newer ones look like an apple watch which I felt made them a theft target but the old ones have changed the family's life. Then, we can ask them to do chores when they get home from school, and if they do, they can ask us to unlock tablet.

Honestly I would love a watch for myself that would replace a smartphone but it would be even better for kids.

Garmin makes them and have a relatively good privacy policy and track record but it would be even better if we didn't need to trust them.

In five years: "After global ban of smart watches in schools, parents are increasingly turning to bodyguards and private chaperones".

Good, kids are super easy to rob.