Being able to check on children remotely are not a small value to most working parents, or at least, not particularly smaller than most tech improvements in life.
There are plenty of companies that provide solutions to this problem that don't integrate with law enforcement as part of their business model.
Yeh I meant not go with fancy new products like ring and alexa which does not care for your privacy.
If your children are too young to call you for an issue then they should not be left alone while you work.