Life360’s App Knows Where Your Children Are - Businessweek [GigaOM]

Alternatively, if you have an all-Apple household, you could use Find My Friends

"“We’re trying to shake this notion that we’re only a tool for over-protective parents or suspicious spouses,” Hulls says.
Instead, Life360 wants to use location as the foundation for a family-oriented private social network. (Think an even more restrictive Path built around GPS.) The idea is to create a social nucleus in which members can communicate, using location as the primary reference. If dad is halfway home, mom can ping him in-app to remind him to stop by the grocery store. When your daughter’s flight gets in early, the entire family is notified simultaneously, allowing them to coordinate who will pick her up."

Life360’s App Knows Where Your Children Are - Businessweek