Emerging Technology 
In an ever-changing, increasingly dangerous world, emerging technologies designed to make our lives safer and more convenient are no longer just options. They have become necessities. In the communications age of today, the advent of the Internet, satellite communications, cell-phone technology and the Global Positioning Satellites system are constants in a day-to-day struggle to insure the safety of our Families and loved ones. As a parent, especially, there are constant threats to a child or teen that we may worry about. Many may feel compelled to make use of emerging technology to insure a child’s safety.
Those that would argue that security and safety has come at a high price – our personal freedom and privacy, may have a valid point. How then, do we weigh the benefits of the use of the security gained by the technology against the loss of privacy and freedom? We do so by realizing that although personal freedom is important, it means very little if a family member or loved one is in grave danger by being at the wrong place at the wrong time. We do so by talking to our loved ones earnestly about these dangers, and making agreements that certain places at certain times may threaten their safety, and thus threaten the family unit as a whole. We do so by agreeing that the benefits of a system like the PocketFinder™ far outweigh the personal drawbacks.
Children and teenagers do not always make the best decisions, this is especially true when they are away from their parent’s influence. The pressure on kids to perhaps make a dangerous choice can be overwhelming, especially at the insistence of friends or other peers. They are impressionable young minds and they sometimes are tempted to do the wrong thing, or to go to the wrong place. Life can be an open book full of endless possibilities when young. However, as adults charged with the protection and well being of these kids, we know that many dangers lurk around every corner for them.
A parent’s worst nightmare is that their child is missing and his or her whereabouts are unknown. Many of us would think immediately of the worst possibilities; What if they were kidnapped by a sexual predator, perhaps a murderer or someone mentally unstable? What if they are in mortal danger and cannot tell someone? What if they went somewhere with someone they may have thought was their friend, only to find out that this person really means harm to them? As a parent, there may be no worse feeling of helplessness or hopelessness than this one. We may blame ourselves for not being more careful, for not putting firm safeguards into place. Perhaps for not talking to our kids in earnest about the very real dangers they could possibly be exposed to. We may think to ourselves; if I just had a tracking device on them, I could locate their position in a matter of minutes and intervene if there is a problem. The last thing we may think of is that our child is OK and just made a bad decision to go somewhere at the wrong time, but even this will cause much stress for the parent.
Just by having a remote location device in their pocket, children and teens know that their location could be monitored at any time. A bad decision to enter a danger zone will most likely be thought out by the child under these circumstances, and the correct decision ultimately rendered. Other risky behavior can be averted as well, such as speeding or skipping class. Visiting “off limits” or “bad influence” areas can also be avoided. An example might be the house of a known gang member or a drug user. More than likely, a child or teen will eventually “test” this system. They will try to assess how effective it is, whether there are any flaws in the device that may allow them to engage in dangerous behavior undetected. This will be a critical juncture at making the system work properly for the long-term. The “test” cannot be overlooked or ignored. That is one reason that the more modern systems like PocketFinder™ provide the ability to set up monitoring that automatically alerts the user through the network setup when a child or teen leaves a “Safe zone” or enters a “Danger zone”.
The PocketFinder™ is a system that makes use of the Global Positioning Satellites orbiting the earth and very small and affordable location devices easily carried on a child or teen or their belongings. When activated, the PocketFinder™ network will begin receiving signals from the cookie-size device. The location is then calculated and delivered to the PocketFinder™ secured network. Access to the location information is then available to you through the Internet via your computer or across the PocketFinder™ automated telephone system using a cell telephone or even a landline. Automated alerts can be set up on the system. It can even deliver text messages to a cell phone if desired. Multiple customized zones can be defined as “Safe Zones” or “Danger Zones”. The system also has the ability to be set up to alert the user when the location device is travelling at speeds greater than a predetermined rate. This is a great feature to monitor that new driver in the family. The customized settings and automatic alerts can be set up in a multitude of ways based on zones, and yet, it is simple to configure, navigate and use. If you ever lose a PocketFinder™, just click on the “locate now” icon, and you will know within thirty feet where to find it. PocketFinder™ is also waterproof and virtually indestructible, so no matter where it ends up, you will know where it is.
Tracking family members by location is only one way to use the PocketFinder™. It can also be used to track pets, luggage, employees, medical or mental patients, packages, valuable goods, belongings, even your own position. For more information, tutorials and to check for availability of the PocketFinder™, visit http://www.pocketfinder.com online or call 1-800-615-0869. Remember the name:
PocketFinder™ – Your World Located™