Mom faces backlash for tracking her daughter with a secret phone

A mom is stirring controversy online after sharing the “secret” way she tracks her teenage daughter. The unnamed parent described her tactic through a story posted in Reddit’s AITA (Am I The A******) forum. In the post, the mom described what happened one night when she caught her 16-year-old daughter lying about her nighttime activities. Her post, which has received more than 2,500 comments on the forum, begins by describing the “sensible rules” she has for the teen…. including responding quickly to texts, allowing her phone to be tracked and answering calls from her parents. However, the mom also has a “backup plan” for keeping tabs on her daughter. “I have an extra older version iPhone ... I hide this phone ... in the car that I let my daughter drive ... so I can track it when my daughter is out,” she wrote. The mom goes on to describe a specific evening, during which her daughter borrowed the secretly tracked car to go to her friend Brett’s house. Suspecting her daughter had lied , the mom drove to the location of the tracker, ultimately finding her daughter and Brett near an LGBTQ+ nightclub. Her daughter ultimately explained that she’d decided to accompany Brett, who was still closeted about his sexuality, to the nightclub. The mom had already called Brett’s parents by then, and her daughter was extremely angry as she blamed her mother for outing Brett to his parents. The story earned more “YTA (You’re The A******)” judgments than “NTA (Not The A******)”. Many commenters were also more frustrated by the situation with Brett, who the mom unintentionally forced to reveal his sexuality