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   kiddy lojack

   

   Anonymous Coward, Apr 14th, 2003 @ 8:05pm

   
   

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   Lojack my kid

   

   Suzanna, Apr 14th, 2003 @ 8:05pm

   
   

   With the research I have done on kidnapping statistics I would say having your child lojacked would prevail over anything else. Knowing that we would locate our children within min of being missing that to me would give me a goodnights rest! I do not let me children whom are 11-13 go outside and play like normal kids should do without some type of supervison due to our society today. I do hope this becomes available shortly so that perpetrators will think twice before abducting another child. If anyone knows of sites that give additional information about child lojack please feel free to email me. Thank you A concerned parent

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   sign me up

   

   wonda, Apr 14th, 2003 @ 8:05pm

   
   

   i would do it in a heart beat. maybe as they got older it could be limited access for a little more privacy. I would hate to be out there looking for my child and not know where to start this would give parents a head start on finding our children. we care more for our cars then we do for our children. no one ever said no to putting lojack on a car. my children are more valuable then my car

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   What do people really fear?

   

   dorpus, Apr 14th, 2003 @ 9:22pm

   
   

   Do people really fear the lack of privacy, or do they fear having a terrible insect-like microchip implanted under the skin? Seems to me it's just a matter of time before we develop electromagnetic sensors sensitive enough to detect people's infinitesimal radio emissions of heart beats or brainwaves, and therefore derive their "signatures".
   
   Our thoughts are turning into insects in this era, but perhaps they will evaporate into a great collective ether in the next.
   

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   Great parenting. Whadda ya mean you don't know?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Apr 15th, 2003 @ 7:50am

   
   

   So there are parents out there that *don't* know where their kids are now? A GPS system won't fix their lax parenting skills!
   
   Just because you know where they are doesn't mean you know what they're doing.
   
   And it will REALLY give kids and parents a false sense of security! What use is it to hit a panic button? Too late, the danger wasn't avoided. If someone wants to do harm to your child, that won't stop them.
   
   And of course, when some pedophile figures out how to hack such a system, they'll be able to track your kid all the time until they find just the right time and place to attack or abduct them.
   
   Great thinking there... but with all the latchkey kids out there I'm sure it will sell like gangbusters. Easy fix for parental guilt.
   
   
   

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   Re: Great parenting. Whadda ya mean you don't know

   

   thecaptain, Apr 15th, 2003 @ 8:36am

   
   

   Agreed. This is basically a case of companies trying to make money from the paranoia of lazy parents.
   
   We have TVs for babysitters, teachers for parents and counsellors, we beg for the government to make sure that our kids do not see what we don't want them to see, on tv and online instead of doing what our parents (at least mine) did...paid attention and got involved.
   
   But no, our generation is too busy. Kids are a status I guess...we know we need em, so we have em...but most of our generation can't be bothered to raise them once they arrive. That's too hard, it impairs our "careers". The result is a bunch of whiney-ass morons posing as parents that blame everything but themselves when their kids blow someone's head off.
   
   Its a sad statement for a generation

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   Re: Great parenting. Whadda ya mean you don't know

   

   dee, Jun 29th, 2003 @ 4:43pm

   
   

   Do you even have kids? or are just the know-it-all who has an opinion? I am totally involved in nearly everything my kids do. I'm never too busy for my kids. I think this system would be incredible. There are too many kids being snatched and harmed for us too do nothing. What are you suggesting? That we don't work to support our families? I, for one, can't be around my kids all the time. As much as I really want to. I have to trust daycares, bus drivers, and school officials to help. They can't even protect your kids from the bullies their age. So, until you are more informed, sit down and shut up.

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   Re: Great parenting. Whadda ya mean you don't know

   

   InvolvedParent, Aug 14th, 2003 @ 1:29pm

   
   

   Ok so like somebody else said....Do you even have any kids? I and my wife are very involved with our kids but how many kids are snatched off school playgrounds? Or at their best friends house? You cant be with them 24/7 if you want them to have SOME sense of independence. In this sad day and age you can never be do careful. I think this is a great device. Another point....Schools wont tell you if your kindergardner is actually AT school because they can not verify its you over ther phone...this makes sense but then you have to wait till later in the day HOPING that your kid is still there and didnt get snatched or if they made it off the bus. This in not paranoia...its our modern world. Yes some parents WILL use this because they are not involved but that doesnt mitigate the value to those who are. Please think about more than just one possible scenario.

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   Re: Great parenting. Whadda ya mean you don't know

   

   Abused Mom, May 13th, 2004 @ 5:12pm

   
   

   Obviously you don't have kids, and have no idea what it's like to try to raise children today.
   How about this scenario?
   You spend every spare moment with your children, go out of your way to make sure they're involved in healthy activities, and show up regularly to show your support.
   But your child has a behavioral disorder. No matter how good you are to your child, if you ever lay down a rule or tell him/her "no" they go berserk.
   It isn't against the law to run away from home. If a child does run away, the police won't look for them.
   Your only hope is that they're with a friend you know, or have contacted a friend you know, and that the friend will be honest enough to tell you.
   If not, you spend days and nights wondering where your child is, if they're safe, if they've eaten. Knowing about the predators out there who take those children and turn them into prostitutes, druggies, dealers, and gang-bangers doesn't help a parent sleep.
   These devices could help a lot of people. They can save children from harm from others and, in some cases, themselves.

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    Re: Great parenting. Whadda ya mean you don't know

    

    Parent, Jul 25th, 2006 @ 2:03pm

    
    

    Geez, are you an idiot or just a heartless moron? Firstly, and unfortunately, most kids are abused by people KNOW so the person you trusted may be one you really can't lojack your child against. Second, even overly concerned and overly involved parents such as myself cannot account for every second of my child's day including times when they fail to follow their teachers' orders and don't come right back to class, fail to get on the bus and ditch school instead, or just plain run away when they think you aren't looking in at a busy fair where there are a million people there... I'd love to get this system. Plus, I work with parents that are so-called negligent and
    neglectful - a lojack system won't help them because they wouldn't even care to get one...dummy.

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    Great Idea

    

    Coach Mike, Sep 16th, 2006 @ 7:32pm

    
    

    For everyone that says this will not help out with raising your children, you are correct. This is a great device, however, for the kidnapping of a child. Sure it is not full proof but in the event of a kidnapping EVERTHING helps.

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    I think its great

    

    dont matter, Mar 21st, 2007 @ 12:32pm

    
    

    It seems there is always an Amber alert these days. I would like to do this to my son untill he reaches the age where I feel comfortable where we can be on his own without me watching. I am really worried when I read these stories on CNN or my local news. It makes my heart pant and dont know what I would do if my son was missing. This is kind of make me feel at ease.

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    sign me up too!!

    

    mark, Nov 2nd, 2007 @ 9:52pm

    
    

    I'm very involved with all five of my children. I'm a Gilrscout Co-Leader for my girls, a Cub Scout Den Leader for my boys, PTA Chair in the school, and in their classrooms a couple days a week to help out. At night, while I'm working, and my children are supposed to be home with their mother, or spending the night or weekend with a friend, I would like to be able to check and make sure they are where they are supposed to be. I was a kid once, although so long ago now, I remember the things I used to pull on my parents and got away with. Kids these days don't have the safety we had back then.

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    needed for concerned parents

    

    clarence, Jul 6th, 2008 @ 12:37pm

    
    

    My Haylee 9 years old would still be alive if we had lojack 20 years ago she suffered 3 days before being killed by her rapist . She possiably could have been spared rape and torture if she could have been found in hours and not days
    So to the bleeding hearts who are afraid they might offend their kids it is better than DEAD. Lo Jack my Haylee You bet I would , and hell no she would not have liked it. Yet she would have worn it any way .

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    Re: Great parenting. Whadda ya mean you don't know?

    

    rick, Oct 10th, 2008 @ 12:01am

    
    

    You dont know anything your talking about. PERIOD!!

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    intrested in product

    

    david hamilton, Sep 20th, 2009 @ 8:21am

    
    

    we are in phila. pa united states of america i see a need for such products for my company and would be intersted in marketing them here.

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    Anonymous Coward, Nov 16th, 2009 @ 6:05pm

    
    

    If your child were abducted you might want to know where they were. Then again maybe you would'nt.

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