It’s only natural for empty nesters to worry about their kids when they go off to college for the first time.

But when one college student found herself constantly tracked and monitored by her overbearing parents, it started to feel less like concern and more like control.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

WIBTA if I threatened to turn of my Life360?

I (19F) am in my first week of college. I’ve had Life360 with my parents since I was about 16 for general safety reasons.

Her parents didn’t exactly have the most healthy relationship with it, though.

However, they’re a bit overbearing and controlling about where I go, even after I turned 18.

I’ve found myself being extremely stressed about doing very normal things and being worried about them getting upset.

So when she left for college, it became clear her parents still expected to track her every move.

Before I left for college, my mom asked me to leave my Life360 on, joking about how she “wants to know what ditch to get me out of” if something goes wrong, which I completely understand.

And track they did.

But my parents have been obsessively checking my location since I’ve gotten here.

They’ve mentioned in passing places I went (literally like stores to buy stuff for school) when I didn’t tell them I was going.

It’s starting to feel like their way of exerting their control on her, and she’s getting tired of it.

They’ve been pressuring me to go to church and checking my location frequently to make sure I am (I don’t want to, but I like to keep the peace).

It’s a bit uncomfortable.

I’m wondering AITA if I told them that if they don’t stop stalking me, I’m going to turn off my Life360?

College is the time for many young adults to spread their wings and fly. But they can’t do that with parents obsessively checking on them back home.

What did Reddit think?

Parents used to take such a different approach.

This surveillance needs to end, but maybe it’s best to take a more gradual approach.

Maybe a heart-to-heart could help pave the way for better understanding.

This commenter worries what the parents might do to retaliate if the student turns off their location tracking.

A little breathing room is perfectly healthy here, and her parents need to understand that.

If her parents want to salvage a lasting relationship with their adult daughter, sooner or later, something needs to change.

If you liked that story, read this one about grandparents who set up a college fund for their grandkid because his parents won’t, but then his parents want to use the money to cover sibling’s medical expenses.