I put an AirTag on my 8-year-old's bike. It backfired and taught me an important parenting lesson.

The author started tracking her with AirTags. Courtesy of the author My 8-year-old found the AirTag I secretly hid on his bike and felt deeply betrayed. Tracking his location eased my anxiety, but damaged the trust we had carefully built. I realized I was letting parenting fear undermine my son's growing independence. My oldest is 8 and super responsible, so I've started giving him a bit more independence. Things like riding his bike to one of the two parks within a block of our house or st...