Safety
Which Apps Know Where Your Kid Is
Location sharing is turned on in more places than most families realize, and the setting that matters usually isn't in the phone's settings at all. It's inside each app, one at a time.
The map features kids turn on themselves
Snap Map, Find My and the location features in messaging apps are mostly off to start with, and then a kid turns one on because they want to see where their friends are. Once it's on, it's sharing all the time, not just when somebody asks, and the list of people it's sharing with is usually a lot longer than your kid remembers.
The location nobody chose to share
Photos can carry the spot they were taken, so a picture posted from home can carry your address with it, depending on the app. Some apps strip that out and some don't, so the habit that really helps is just not taking pictures of your house number or the front of the school.
What to check and in what order
Start with the apps that have a map in them, then the photo settings, then the phone's own settings, where you can make an app ask every time instead of always sharing. If you go in that order, you'll find what's actually sharing their location first.
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