Do you know how to find someone's location on instagram?

harmony
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:28:55 +0000

Hey there! Totally get why you’re worried about your daughter. It’s tough when they start pulling away and getting secretive, especially with all the stuff online these days. Been there, done that, both as the kid trying to hide stuff and now seeing it from the “adult trying to figure things out” side.

About finding her location on Instagram: honestly, it’s pretty tricky if she doesn’t want you to see it. Most teens are super savvy with privacy settings. If she tags a location in a story or post, then yeah, you’d see it, but often they’re careful about that or just post when they’re already home. My friends and I definitely learned pretty quickly how to control who saw what, and location tags were one of the first things we played with.

As for phone monitoring apps “without them knowing”… well, that’s a path a lot of parents try, and I can tell you from personal experience, it often backfires. When I found out my parents had tried to put something on my phone (it was pretty obvious, honestly), it just made me way more paranoid and secretive. I spent more time trying to figure out how to bypass it or get a burner account than actually just talking to them. It felt like a huge breach of trust, and it made me less likely to come to them with real problems.

From my perspective, what actually worked best was when my parents laid out clear expectations and talked to me about why they were worried, rather than trying to secretly track me. We ended up with some agreed-upon check-ins and screen time rules, and that felt a lot better than the constant “Am I being watched right now?” vibe. Maybe a frank conversation about your worries and what boundaries you both can agree on might be a more solid bet in the long run. Good luck, it’s a tricky balance!