5 smart ways families use Greenlight’s GPS safety tracker

Key Takeaways

• Greenlight’s GPS tracker provides real-time location monitoring and automated arrival alerts. 

• Families can use the tracker to monitor kids, teens, seniors, and pets, all managed through a single app.

• The GPS tracker features a dedicated SOS button for emergency situations and is designed to adapt to a family's changing needs as children grow from elementary school into their teenage years.

You're all about fostering independence in your kids and teens, but that doesn't mean you're ready to give up common-sense safety tools. That's where the Greenlight's Safe Family^‡ tracker comes in. It's a real-time, GPS safety device that can show your kid made it safely home after practice or that they're biking home on a new route. It works without a phone or the need to have them "check in." It's easily-accessible information for you, no matter how busy you are.

This tracker can be useful for younger kids, teens, older adults, and even pets. Greenlight Safe Family^‡ is the kind of tech that can grow with your family, from elementary school bus pick-ups to nights out in college. 

Here are five ways families are using the Greenlight Safe Family^‡ device to support independence without all the hovering.

1. Check in during school drop-offs and pickups

Take some stress out of your morning routine. Real-time GPS info tells you right away if your child arrived safely for school. There's no phone tag or anxious waiting for a text they've forgotten to send. Instead, you can just check the parents' app and verify they've arrived safely. Plus, it can be used like a driving app for teens to watch their travels when they're first out on the road alone.

And because you want your kids to get used to doing things on their own with confidence, this is one of the best ways to track your child's location without making them feel incapable. Whether they're walking or biking to school, taking the bus, or even using public transport for the first time, they can benefit from the hands-off support of a GPS tracker.

2. Get place alerts for after-school activities

When you've got a packed schedule that sends each family member on their own adventure each day, automated location alerts on your GPS tool can help make sure that everyone makes their scheduled practices, lessons, and clubs. Get real-time updates when you check locations, even for multiple kids. No one slips through the cracks while you're swapping between text check-in threads. 

Set custom location alerts that show when your kids arrive or leave a designated area like home, school, sports practice, or music lessons. It's like setting up a digital fence that tells you right away if a boundary has been crossed or a scheduled event missed.

3. Give kids more freedom to explore nearby — safely

You want your kids to know that you trust them, but you also need to satisfy your parental responsibilities of keeping them safe in a big, wide world that they want to explore. Using a GPS tracker for safety that doesn't require check-ins and automatically verifies arrivals and departures helps to support independence for playdates, riding scooters around the neighborhood, walking the dog, and other team or school outings. 

It's also ideal as older kids start to travel for sports events or on bigger field trips. Even if they're out of sight, you'll know where they are. And if they run into trouble when they're off on their own, an SOS button lets you know right away without their needing to carry a phone.

You can set safety boundaries without micromanaging or requiring constant contact while kids are out having fun. That's healthy for both of you. It's a great way to build trust, create freedom, and support independence, all while maintaining an extra layer of safety.

Keep loved ones safe and connected.

Greenlight’s safety hub gives your family location sharing, SOS alerts, crash detection with 911 dispatch^††, and driving reports with real-time alerts. You’ll stay in the loop — and be the first to know if a family member needs help.

^{††Requires mobile data or a WiFi connection, and access to sensory and motion data from cell phone to utilize safety features including family location sharing and driving alerts and reports. Messaging and data rates and other terms may apply.}

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4. Keep tabs on pets that love to wander

Of course, your kids aren't your only love — or source of worry. Wandering pets pose an even worse conundrum since they can't find a phone and call for help if they get lost. 

Just tag your escape artist dog's collar with a Greenlight GPS tracker. You'll always know where they are and even get alerts if they've dug out under the back fence again when you add a custom location alert.

Plus, you can monitor both kids and pups in the same app when you get them each a device for a simple way to keep an eye on everyone. Or swap the tracker between your kids' backpacks on game days and your pet's collar easily to make multiple uses for a single tracker.

5. Stay connected with older family members

If independence is important to foster for kids, it's even more important to continue supporting for older adults, especially those who live alone. It can be a tough conversation to have with older parents, but using a GPS tracker for personal safety that doesn't require any tech-savviness can make it simpler. Greenlight's tracker passively sends location data to give you peace of mind about their movements, but if they have a fall or get disoriented, you're only a push of the SOS button away.

This flexibility is what makes the Greenlight tracker appropriate for different family members. It provides simple location awareness that can be key for ensuring safety as older relatives maintain daily routines and errands in the same app where you keep an eye on your kids.

Everyday peace of mind, built for real life

Using a GPS safety tracker is a practical, everyday digital tool that can help keep your family organized and safe. From that first walk to school on their own to going to college across the country, using Greelnight Safe Family^‡ gives you peace of mind while your kids get to experience real life. And it gives you a single tool to use for other family members too, like your dog who can leap a six-foot fence or your great-aunt who lives alone.

Learn more Greenlight Safe Family^‡.

^‡The Greenlight Safe Family device, for Kids, Seniors, or Pets, requires the purchase of the device and a monthly data plan for connectivity. Existing Greenlight customers must be on Infinity or Family Shield plans to use the device. Device is not available for use with other plans (Select, Core, Greenlight+Invest, Max). See Terms for details.