How often do parents lose their kids in public? And how does this affect parents’ decisions about purposely letting their children out of sight or keeping tabs on them with a GPS tracker?
SafeWise recently surveyed 1,000 parents with kids between the ages of 7 and 17 to get some answers.
Here’s the link to the full report: https://www.safewise.com/resources/wearable-gps-tracking-devices-for-kids-guide/#Parent_survey_statistics
Some of our most interesting takeaways:
- 1 in 3 parents have lost a child in a store or at a crowded event.
- Nearly 1 in 5 have lost a child for more than an hour.
- Nearly 1 in 5 have called police about a lost or missing child.
- The stats above increase for parents of special needs children.
- The average parent starts allowing their kid to….
- Walk home alone at age 12
- Play outside unsupervised at age 11
- Stay home alone at age 13
- Trick or treat unsupervised at age 13
- Over two-thirds of parents say their children wouldn’t mind them tracking their location.