VIVOplay allows children to easily reach their parents when they need to and lets parents call their children and track their child's location in the event of an emergency with a simple, custom-designed smartphone app.

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When there are workplace problems, the parents call up and get involved.

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Lawyers representing Brook's parents found midwives failed to correctly monitor her heart rate or call a doctor when no heart beat could be found.

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