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The best way to know where your teenagers are is to have the kind of relationship with them in which they tell you -- truthfully. But for those whose relationships are a bit strained, well, there's an app for that. Here is a list of some apps that will help protect your cover as you track your teens' online comings and goings:
1. mSpy
mSpy is the top used cell phone tracking app worldwide, according toTopTrackingApps. Its main selling point is that you can monitor multiple things with it -- who they call, what they text, which apps they use, the number of contacts, GPS location, etc. And according to SpyParent's founder Sedgrid Lewis, "it works." While the field of spying apps isn't limited, simplicity of use and reliability are factors to be considered. The average American teen spends up to seven hours a day in contact with others on electronic devices, and a recent survey by online security firm AVG found that by the time they are 16, one in three has regretted something they did online.
2. The Spy Bubble
The Spy Bubble is another jack-of-all-spying-trades, also suitable for monitoring the phone of your suspected cheating spouse. Its site does offer some cautionary, if frightening, state-of-the-world information you might find useful. We are still reeling from this one about online photos and Photoshop: "Never let your kids share their photos online on an open forum. Why? They will ask. Everyone does that. Yes, everyone does that and about eight percent of those experience harassment due to photoshop effects on their photos. The worst bullying of this sort is seen by the girls, especially because female reputation is one of the most fragile things in the world."
3. The Phone Sheriff
One nice feature of the Phone Sheriff is that it allows you to set time limits on your teen's device. Want "OK, you can play with your phone for an hour" to really mean just 60 minutes? This app will shut down and lock the phone when you tell it to.
4. Mobicip
5. MamaBear
For parents of new drivers and parents of teens with friends who have had their licenses for 20 minutes, MamaBear will let you know the speed of the vehicle your teen is traveling in. Just don't text them to slow down, OK?
maybe no singular group's right to privacy is violated more often and with less forethought than the young.
think of the millions of images and videos that are on facebook and instagram alone of children ages 1-12 right now, children who did not consent to having their image made public.
then products like this - it's disgusting the way people use their own inability to accept uncertainty in life as an excuse to violate the rights of their children. no, you should not always be with them. yes, that means something terrible could happen in your absence. that's the job you signed up for. if you don't like the terms now that your kid has agency and a little experience, too bad. it's not your kid's problem to deal with - it's yours.
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Let's condition people to thinking that spying on your friends and family is OK! Because that's how the police state works.
the usa is already a police state .
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Funny the police state you complain of you are not subject to lls
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Apps like this are the reason your kids are sneaking behind your back. Kids don't deserve to be spied on when they're not doing anything wrong. Can you say "trust issues"? What on earth did kids in the 90s do without their mother knowing their every move?! Take a chill pill
Oh, we did a lot. But the thing is, that's part of growing up.
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I'm so glad I had a great relationship with my mom. If I left, she'd want to know where I was going, who I'd be with, and when I'd be back. And I had a cell phone in 8th grade so she could call if need be. You have to give the kids a little slack to be able to show you that they're worthy of your trust and can be allowed some damn privacy.
Kids in the 80s & 90s didn't have smartphones & social media. I don't advocate spying... I advocate parents saying no to some of the technology.
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Big Mother is watching you.
Parents who use these apps are 80% more likely to die alone and unvisited in a nursing home says anyone with any comon sense. They are only conditioning their kids to accept NSA style spying in the future. Teens should check their phones and give any "parent" that uses them all holy hell.
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Don't worry, teens don't need a logical reason to give their parents holy hell, that's just the natural way of things.
My kid, my house, my rules.
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Like Courtney said, My kid, my house, my rules!! But it sounds like you either have something to hide, or are just psychotically paranoid Greensboro!!
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Parenting. You're doing it wrong.
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What i don't get... If they have such trust issues and feel the need to spy, why do they let their kids have cell phones???
Well I would assume they let their kids have cell phones because they want to be able to contact their kids vice versa at any given time.
The rights of young people in this nation are consistently and conveniently ignored by parents, teachers, police officers, and judges. They don't pay taxes, they don't vote, and they have no collective power to oppose this kind of invasion of privacy. If you don't trust your child to do what they are supposed to do, then the problem is with your parenting skills. Checking on someone's safety and well-being is one thing; monitoring their every move is wrong.
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