Maybe there&#x27;s a case that parents can track their own children, though I hate the idea.<p>But that surely cannot extend to other children (i.e. the boy&#x2F;girlfriend).<p>My mother was very much the &quot;helicopter parent&quot;.  The result was that friends never came round to my house, but I&#x27;d go to theirs and simply lie about what I&#x27;d done.  &quot;Why are you so tired?&quot; is as easily answered with &quot;we stayed up until 10am playing Warhammer&quot; as &quot;we drank three litres of wine and played GTA2 until dawn.&quot;  Even my best friend&#x27;s parents agreed my mum was terrible in this respect, and they&#x27;d fabricate cover stories if we&#x27;d gone out drinking somewhere and my mum phoned.