LatchKey Kid Android app Notifies Parents When Kids Get Home

In today's society, it's not uncommon for both parents to work full-time jobs. As a result, some parents can't be in all places at once for their children. One of those times is when a child gets home from school before a parent can get off work. This is where the term "Latchkey Kid" comes from (I was one). To ease parent's worries of a kid beating them home, Mobile app developer Iconosys has developed the LatchKey Kid mobile app that sends parents a message when a child reaches or passes a pre-set point using GPS technology. 

 
Of course the child has to have an Android smartphone to download the app, and the parent has to have a compatible device that can receive a standard text or IM from many services like Skype, Yahoo, etc. Once all of those prerequisites are met, parents can install the app on their kid's device, set up a password so their kids can't mess with the settings, and set a location and a radius - It doesn't have to be your home. Anywhere you want to be notified, you can make the setpoint. You can also have multiple setpoints as well.

 

Next is setting the number where you want to be notified. In addition to a message announcing that you kid has reached the set point, you can also have the message give an actual address. Additionally, you can set a notification interval that will continue to send notifications of the kid's whereabouts. LatchKey also includes a "Where am I" feature that lets your kids pull up their location information, including an address, all displayed on a map.

As more and more kids are getting smartphones at a younger and younger age, technology like the Latchkey Kid app for $1.99 can help parents actually legitimize why they decided to give their "younguns" a complex (and expensive) smartphone in the first place.

Visit the Latchkey Kid website for more information and download instructions.