Will Cell Phones Help Parents To Locate Their Children?

The answer of this question is found in Japan. Japan's second largest telecom operator plans to launch cell phones that tell worried parents the whereabouts of their children or send them messages when the youngsters go where they should not.

They said three phone models would begin service in late June equipped with the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) that gives locations of registered people on map. Families and others will be able to get notices automatically when the people enter pre-designated areas. That service can be used for various situations ranging from notification on whether children left schools or cram study sessions, to sending messages to children when they go out of sight. You will feel safe as you will be able to watch how family members go around. Simpler locating services will also be available enabling handset users to ask the location of anybody on their e-mail list who agrees.

Japanese's companies have been increasingly marketing products ranging from GPS- equipped hand bags to knife-restraint jackets after a series of high profile crimes against children in the famously safe nation.

Yes if the phone have (gps) in the phones!

Yes!  There are many services available that enable a parent to locate their children with their cell phones.  There is even a free service that Google offers to locate cell phone.  It is called Google Latitude.  It's easy to set up and quite reliable.  

One caveat is that the child's cell phone must be the type that you can download software onto like the iphone or other smart phones.