Priya S., San Jose, CA | After school pickup
My daughter takes the school bus home and gets off two blocks from our house. Most days it's fine. But I work from home and I can't always see when she's supposed to arrive. Last fall she was 25 minutes late and I had no way to know if she was still on the bus or walking or somewhere in between. I stood at the window for those 25 minutes and I never want to feel that again. That's why I signed up for RingOn. It's not that I don't trust her. I just want to know.
Jennifer K., Austin, TX | Soccer practice
My son is 10 and he takes an Uber with two other kids to soccer practice twice a week because I can't always leave work on time. His coach is great and the other parents are great but I have no visibility into those 20 minutes between my front door and the practice field. Every Tuesday and Thursday I'm watching my phone. RingOn would change that. Just knowing he got there is enough.
Zara W., Atlanta, GA | Family vacation-Theme Park
We took our kids to a theme park last summer, the kind where you lose people in the crowd every five minutes. My youngest is 7. I held his hand the whole time but at one point I let go to get water and turned around and he was just gone. It was probably 45 seconds but those 45 seconds were the worst of my life. He was right there, distracted by a character passing by. But I didn't know that for 45 seconds. RingOn would have told me exactly what I needed to know.
Carmen R., Miami, FL | Middle school years
My daughter is 12 and she's starting to do things on her own. Walk to a friend's house. Take the city bus to her grandmother's. I want her to have that independence because she's earned it. But I grew up in a different time and I worry about the world she's growing up in. RingOn feels like the right balance. She gets her freedom. I get my peace of mind. That's the deal we both need.
Amara J., Chicago, IL | Walking home from school
My daughter is 11 and she walks four blocks home from school every day. She's responsible, she's smart, she knows the route. In October, a man followed her for two of those blocks. She crossed the street and he crossed with her. She made it home and she told me and I called the school and the police. But what if she hadn't made it home? She had no way to reach me without stopping to use her phone, which she didn't want to do in front of him. She needed something she could activate without anyone seeing. That's RingOn.
Nalini P., Edison, NJ | Autism and independence
My son has autism and he's 14. He wants independence and I want that for him too. But he doesn't always recognize when a situation is unsafe, and if something happened he might not know how to ask for help in the way a neurotypical child would. A phone is too complicated in a stressful moment. A ring that he can activate without thinking, without looking, without stopping - that's designed for him. We've been waiting for something like this for years.