Expecting your teen not to have a cell phone or to stay away
from the technology would be demanding a little too much as cell phones have
become an important part of most teens' life. But giving too much of freedom
can put your child in trouble and introduce dangerous ways in his life. Thus,
like every other thing that you keep a track of, your teen's cell phone use
also requires regular monitoring.
Below you have some easy to follow teen cell phone
monitoring tips to help you keep your child safe.
Tip No. 1 # Be clear with your kid's cell phone usage rule.
Sometimes instead of monitoring the activities it is more
important to clearly state what things are acceptable and what aren't. So,
cheating in exams isn't an acceptable action and all kids know it, with this
clarity of expectation, cheating isn't a very common scene with all the kids
though there are many kids who cheat, everyone doesn't do it!
When you'll have told your child not to visit certain sites,
download specific apps and files, communicate with certain people and so on,
your child will be clear about the things and activities that are acceptable
and the ones which aren't. Now, if your child is not an extremely naughty and a
purely spoiled brat, he'll surely listen to what you tell.
Tip No. 2 # Ask Cell
phone service provider to monitor your child's usage.
When you buy a plan for your child below the age of 18, you
can ask the service provider to provide you with most of the information
related to cell phone usage. This includes the person your child communicates
with, the duration and time when the communication takes place, the browsing
history and so on.
Tip No. 3 # Monitor
your child's cell phone manually every once in a while.
Every once in a while, ask your child to show you his cell
phone. This should be made clear in the very beginning, that you'll be checking
the cell phone once in a while. In fact, you should make this clear right at
the time when you hand over the cell phone to your child. The best way to do
this will be to do it all of a sudden and in a most random manner, this will
give you a better idea about your kid's cell phone usage! Scan through the
inbox to know what kind of messages your child exchanges, check the Internet
browser history, and so on. Your kid may find you to be invading his privacy
but that's okay for a parent to do this especially when you are concerned with
his safety.
Tip No. 4 # Install cell phone monitoring application on your
child's phone.
This will work the best of all as it will cover every kind of cell phone and your kid will not find you to be invading his privacy! You won't even have to touch your child's cell phone and still you'll know every single thing happening on his phone. You'll get to closely track your child's cell phone for the calls, texts, emails, Internet search, and even the sites that your child visits as well as the things that he downloads! And added to that, restricting your child's activities will also be possible for you. Most cell phone tracking software let the user to block various sites, downloading and app use. And if you use a more advanced monitoring system, you can track your child location as well!
Also Read: How to Listen Someone's Cell Phone Conversation Remotely
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