As Turkey tries to recover from the devastating earthquake, the second semester is about to begin in schools. On Monday, millions of students in cities outside of the earthquake zone will return to their schools and classrooms. Find My Kids has started offering its mobile app with many features for free to all users in Turkey to help parents who are even more concerned due to the earthquake.

Whether the distance between home and school is long or short, parents naturally worry about their children on the way to school. According to research conducted by Find My Kids by analyzing user data in city centers, the schools that children attend are an average of 1.9 kilometers away from their homes. 10% of students follow a path to school that is longer than 5 kilometers.

With students returning to school on Monday, parents will inevitably start asking questions like “Has my child arrived at school?”, “They left school, but where are they now and when will they be home?” almost every day. The quickest answer to such questions can be obtained through location tracking apps that show the child’s current location in real-time.

As parents try to recover from the disaster of the earthquake in Turkey, schools are set to begin their second term. Millions of students outside the earthquake zone will return to their classrooms on Monday. Find My Kids, a mobile application with many features, has started offering its services for free to all its users in Turkey to help parents whose anxieties have been further heightened by the earthquake.

Whether the distance between home and school is long or short, parents naturally worry about their children on their way to school. According to research conducted by Find My Kids, based on user data in city centers, the schools that children attend are on average 1.9 kilometers away from their homes. 10% of students travel more than 5 kilometers every morning to get to school.

With students returning to school on Monday, parents will inevitably start asking questions such as “Has my child arrived at school?” and “They left school, but where are they now and when will they be home?” The quickest answer to these types of questions can be obtained through location tracking applications that show the location of the child in real-time.

Find My Kids, a mobile application that allows parents to track their children’s location in real-time, conducted an interesting study by processing user data anonymously and with permission. With over 3 million users worldwide and more than 100,000 active users in Turkey, the application calculated how much distance Turkish children travel on average between their homes and schools by examining usage data from major cities such as Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and Bursa only in January. The results are quite impressive.

Find My Kids is now available for free throughout Turkey after earthquakes

Find My Kids Country Manager, Nesen Yucel, stated, “We are deeply saddened by the losses due to the earthquakes. We share the pain of everyone in the affected region and their loved ones. We offer our condolences to the deceased, wish quick recovery to the injured, and we understand that we are going through a really difficult time as a country. However, our students must return to their schools. This situation is not easy for parents, as they are both worried about the earthquake’s impact and are looking for a solution to this worry. Additionally, many students have come from the earthquake region to other cities. That is why we started to provide our application for free throughout Turkey after the earthquakes to help alleviate the concerns of parents. We will continue to offer free usage during the relief efforts and until the situation in our country returns to normal. For now, everyone who downloads and installs Find My Kids on their phone can benefit from all of the application’s features without any limitations.”

Find My Kids has the kidSAFE certification that validates user safety

Thanks to Find My Kids, which is available in Turkish, parents can see their child’s location in real-time on a map. This feature maximizes parental control, notifying parents when their child arrives at a predetermined location such as school or home. In addition to GPS tracking features, parents can make the phone ring loudly even when the child’s phone is on silent mode or not answering. They can also monitor the phone’s battery level and see which apps their child is using and for how long. Find My Kids can be used on all mobile phones and also offers a dedicated Apple Watch app, which was introduced last week.

With users in 170 countries, Find My Kids places the safety and privacy of children and families at the forefront. The application has been awarded the kidSAFE certification every year since 2020, proving that it prioritizes user safety. The kidSAFE certification held by Find My Kids indicates that the application has been independently reviewed and meets significant international standards regarding online safety and personal privacy.

About Find My Kids:

Find My Kids allows parents to feel more secure about their children’s safety by transmitting their location and activity information through its mobile application used on smartphones or GPS-enabled watches. More than 3 million parents in 170 countries use the Find My Kids app.