How to turn your son’s or daughter’s iPhone into a kid tracker

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While the iPhone has been extremely popular with teens and adults, it has also been a popular device for kids too.  Not only for its “Cool Factor”, but with the way it is easy to use and understand.

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Most people do not know that adults can use the “Find My iPhone” option as a way to help keep track of your kids by 1) Becoming a member of iCloud, and 2) Enabling Find my iPhone on the actual device that your kid is carrying.

Here’s how:

1.  First, you have to make sure that the device has a name, so you can identify it when you go in to Find My iPhone.

• Go onto the device itself.
• Go to General > About.
• Tap the NAME option.
• Give the iPhone a name (such as Jimmy’s iPhone).
• Back out of that area until you’re at the main Settings Menu.

2.  Enable “Find my iPhone”

• Make sure you’re logged into your iCloud account.
• Tap your iCloud username (from the SETTINGS menu).
• Tap iCloud.
• Scroll down until you see the “Find My iPhone” option.
• Select it.
• Enable the “Find My iPhone” choice in that menu.
• Back out of that until you get to the main SETTINGS menu.
• Exit Settings.
• Now go to http://www.icloud.com
• Do it on a Desktop Mac or by using the Find My iPhone app for iOS.
• Enter your username and password.
• Now select the “Radar” icon.

You should be able to see the newly configured iOS device’s name on the Map.  Go here eveytime you wish to find the device.

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