I agree with you in principle, but in practice the number of parents who let their kids do things independently is vanishingly small, and the absence of other p

I agree with you in principle, but in practice the number of parents who let their kids do things independently is vanishingly small, and the absence of other parents who let their kids roam is a real danger to those of us who do. If a smart watch makes more parents comfortable letting their pre-teen kids outside of the house alone, that's a net win for everyone over the status quo where those kids are physically chaperoned 24/7.