Jenny SingerSep 9, 2026 – 5.00amOne night in December, Abbie Pruitt went Christmas shopping for her children. She didn’t want to raise their suspicions, so she opened the location-sharing app her family uses and adjusted the settings so her precise geolocation wouldn’t be visible to anyone.Not five minutes later, she got a call from her daughter, Kylie, demanding to know where she was and why her location wasn’t visible on the Life360 app.Washington PostSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
It’s 10pm. Your kids want to know where you are
Parents used to scold their kids about staying out late. Now the oldies are getting caught out by “fambushing”, as children monitor where their carers go.






