Would you put a lo jack on your childs car?

i might depending if its my car or his (who paid for it) if i paid for the car and its under my name and he did some crap before, i might, but i'll tell him. mostly for emergancies and everything, in case the car gets stollen or her gets into an accident. i hope i'll trust my children to not check it when they're late. my kids are everything to me and i'm only concerned about their safety in the car not where they are to 'spy' on them. i hope they'll understand that.

Yes, definently. I would tell them, so they weren't surprised by it, but I would def. put one on my/thier car. I would use it in the same instances you talked about, if they were very late and I was worried, but I might also use it if I had a hunch that they were lieing to me about thier location. I would tell them that I would use it that way too though. I don't think that children, who are living with me have the right to ultimate privacy. I will always check up on them, and They will know that they will be checked up on. IT's not that I don't believe that they are capable of making the right choice, but teenagers, don't always think clearly all of the time, Lets face it, adults don't either, while they are in my care, it is my responsiblitiy to teach them the right way, and to make sure they follow that path. Having said that, I think there needs to be balance as well, you can't follow your children around, waiting for them to mess up, so you can catch them, and you also have to let them make some mistakes. I think finding the balance between being overprotective and being careless can be difficult, but it's worth pursuing.