Parents are looking for ways to protect their college age children. Privacy vs. New Freedoms

Aug. 18, 2009 - PRLog -- As the new college year begins, more parents are looking for ways to protect their college age children from the dangers of campus life.  While parents are concerned about what their children are doing at school, the students still want to maintain their new freedoms and privacy.  This is where SafeCheckIn.com has begun to provide the “guardian angel” protection to satisfy both parties.  SafeCheckIn.com is an exciting concept that allows individuals the security of having someone always waiting for him or her to return from any activity-on and off campus.  Parents like the security of having a watchful eye waiting for the student’s safe return and the students like privacy that SafeCheckIn.com provides.

SafeCheckIn.com members put in specific information about their weight, height, physical features, health as well as a photo. They even can have information on their vehicles.  Once their profile is entered, they can then set up an “event” with information about any activity they are participating in. A student member provides enough details about their “event” to insure their parents or the police to have an effective starting point to determine their situation. This information is completely private and is never disclosed unless the member goes overdue and then only to designated contacts. When they “check out”, SafeCheckIn will monitor their event until the member “checks in” again.  If the member is overdue, SafeCheckIn will attempt to contact the member to update their status.  If SafeCheckIn cannot reach the member, they contact the people designated as emergency contacts with the local authorities as being contacts of last resort. Parents also are usually the first emergency contact. SafeCheckIn then informs the contact of all details known and makes sure someone take responsibly to take action.

As a parent, you cannot expect to watch over your young adult children all the time. Relying on cell phones is not a complete solution.  Batteries die, signals are lost and there is always the possibility that the student is not in possession or in a position to use the phone. GPS services are intrusive and unreliable in buildings and urban areas. SafeCheckIn is more than a backup.  It is a fail-safe with human oversight.

SafeCheckIn is perfect for students to use for any campus activity as well as off campus outings like dating, snowboarding/skiing, road trips, biking, running and more.
College is a time for young people to discover what it’s like to be independent.
Whether the student is at a nearby school or thousands of miles away, SafeCheckIn.com can give parents peace of mind without infringing on that new independence.
Interviews welcome. 530-845-5576

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