The average teen will find out that you're tracking then and do whatever it takes to disable the installed app.
To @terry flores - congratulations on having a responsible child (and to others in the same situation). However, there are many more kids out there that would scream bloody murder if they knew that their parents had the ability to monitor their location at will.
If you have a responsible child, then congratulations, for the rest of us (my son was very rebellious at 16), this app would be a good tool. Since the location information must be retrieved with a private key, there's no specific danger outside of the parents' ability to learn where their child is "hanging out."
@ tvennon - If you're worried about stalking, don't lend your phone to strangers. Then apps like this can't be installed.
My vote - Max has been torpedoed.
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