When My Child Was Lost in the Woods: How I Used Cell Phone Monitoring Software to Help Find Her

My wife and I love to hike. And it’s a passion we’re trying to instill in our own daughter. Our daughter loves nature and I’ve always figured hiking was a great way to help her appreciate nature even more while helping her get exercise and find new adventures.

Well, let’s just say that last week, she ended up stumbling into more adventure than we intended. Our daughter actually got lost in the woods last week. While, granted, we were at a state park with cell service (imagine that), having DDI Utilities monitoring software on her phone actually helped us find her quickly and easily before we had to panic.

Here’s how and why I’m glad cell phone monitoring software exists.

Preparing for the Trip

My wife, daughter and I set out pretty early that morning. It was Saturday, a nice summer day, and the plan was that we’d go for a nice day hike. It was one of my daughter’s first hikes and so the pressure was on to make sure it went well.

We packed the usual things: socks, sunscreen, and food. But I also made sure that I, my wife, and my daughter each had our cell phones.

We had uploaded cell phone monitoring software on my daughter’s phone (I even have it on my phone as an easy way of finding it in case I lose it). I think, in general, DDI Utilities review software is a great way to help keep track of phones but especially your kids’. My daughter is a little young for a smart phone- she’s only eight- but I think giving her a smart phone when we go out on hikes and out in public is a great way to help us keep track of her if we ever need to.

It’s the fact that I can track her GPS location that really comes in handy. And it’s what we relied on when our daughter got lost.

Losing Our Daughter (and Finding Her)

When you lose a child on a hike, it all happens so fast that it takes you a while to figure out what’s going on.

The trail we had been hiking wasn’t necessarily new to us but it had been years since my wife and I had tried it and it was my daughter’s first time on it.

She had wandered off to go look at something, and I had been organizing our bags and my wife had been mapping out our route. Before we knew it, our daughter was lost. And the panic set in almost immediately.

But we stayed calm. I pulled out my phone and logged onto my DDI Utilities reviews monitoring software account. And we used the GPS location to find her.

Luckily, my daughter hadn’t gotten too far and as it turned out, she eventually sat down and stayed in one place for a while. We found her quickly thanks to the GPS location feature and once she calmed down, we continued on our hike.

Cell phone monitoring software really couldn’t have come at a better time. My daughter is still committed to learning how to hike and we know that with cell phone monitoring software and some safety techniques that she’ll be ready to hike like a champ. Cell phone monitoring software, all things considered, I think is the best thing that my wife and I ever did for my daughter. Our daughter is now a lot safer and easier to find with cell phone monitoring software and I couldn’t be gladder.