Raising a Free-Range Child in 2020? Try a Smartwatch – The Wall Street Journal

Susan Alfieri sends her 9-year-old daughter outside to play every afternoon with directions to be back in time for dinner. She is among a little however growing variety of moms and dads attempting to provide their kids a taste of the flexibility they enjoyed maturing– however with a comforting digital tether.

She purchased her child a Verizon smartwatch in January so she could telephone house if needed while walking back from school. Throughout the coronavirus lockdowns, the watch became a method for her daughter to get outdoors. Now, as stay-at-home orders …