Parenting Tech Gadgets brought to you by SingleDad contributor, David Shorb and Mindtechnica.blogspot.com David shares the latest parenting tool to keep an eye on your children, called the Little Buddy GPS
Parenting: How To GPS Your Kids!
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Introduction (Summary)
Parenting Tech Gadgets brought to you by SingleDad contributor, David Shorb and Mindtechnica.blogspot.com David shares the latest parenting tool to keep an eye on your children, called the Little Buddy GPS
Necessary Things:
- The Little Buddy GPS Device
Step 1:
Lets face it. The world is a lot more scary then it use to be when we where younger. Well Thankfully we are in the 21st century, and we have GPS. BesyBuy is selling a little GPS Device that will fit in Little Johnny and Sally's Backpack called the Little Buddy.
Step 2:
The Little Buddy is a GPS Device that is designed with Parental monitoring in mind. So when Little Johnny or Sally go over to their friends house, or to school, or on a field trip, you will have the peace of mind of knowing where your child(ren) are at, at any time. You can Currently get this device at Besy Buy for around 99 bucks.
Step 3:
The Little Buddy allows you the Parent to view where your kids are at from a PC, Smartphone (i.e. iPhone or G1), It will send a Text message when your child leaves a designated area which you can define, for example Johnny should be in school from 8 am to 4 pm, however you receive a text message letting you know that Johnny has left school early, and went to the store down the street to get some candy. The Little Buddy will let you know when the battery is getting low.
Step 4:
As I have mentioned many times before I use the Android OS on my HTC G1. Well one of the Applications I use on my phone is called Glympse. If you need your kid(s) to check in with you this is the app i would recommend. This is exspecially useful for the Parent with the freshly licensed teen. Now you should know that this app lives up to its name in that it just offers a Glympse during a specified time frame. ranging anywhere from 5 minutes to up to 4 hours depending on your needs. You can send a Glympse to any email and they are expanding the device compatible list all the time. Currently it is available on the Android OS, the iPhone, and Window Mobile.
Step 5:
So there are just a couple of options for keeping track of your kids, and their traveling shenanigans.
Step 6:
So do you have a question you would like to have answered? Want to know about what the next big thing is going to be? Well Email me and I will answer your questions right here on Singledad.com.
Step 7:
Bio on David Shorb:
Step 8:
David Shorb is in his early 30's currently and resides in the Salt Lake City, UT area with his future wife. He is a avid tech geek, and Best Buy and RadioShack are like Toys R Us for him. David started his love affair with technology with an Apple IIe at the tender age of 5 yrs old. David is also the Founder of The SkyPilot Project a Non-Profit Organization focused on the needs of Low-income Families and Individuals for more info check out The SkyPilot Project Blog.
Tips and Tricks:
- You can find more information and reviews on many Tech gadgets on my blog.
- Have A Great Day!
- David Shorb
- Founder of The SkyPilot Project
- http://theskypilotproject.blogspot.com
- http://www.twitter.com/skypilotproject
- http://groups.google.com/group/the-skypilot-project
