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parents - what app would you recommend to monitor a kid's phone?
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Posted by lcubed
on March 22, 2024, 8:36:31
we finally broke down and are getting one for our 12 yo for her birthday. i still don't feel great about it but i think it's time
a couple i am going to look into are bark and life360.
basically i want to monitor and/or have access to everything in the beginning
Message Thread:
parents - what app would you recommend to monitor a kid's phone?
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lcubed
March 22, 2024, 8:36:31
Hey…I remembered this thread after I saw an article in the paper…here is the link
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harb
March 29, 2024, 9:55:19
Life360 and a reminder that we own the phones and can check them any time we wish
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OWWDig
March 22, 2024, 10:40:59
we just the built in apple family control stuff*
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gvibes
March 22, 2024, 10:04:59
We also don't allow devices in their rooms*
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gvibes
March 22, 2024, 10:06:33
we are going to have them in our room each night*
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lcubed
March 22, 2024, 10:14:09
iphone? android? family link for android works fine, but it doesn't transfer to other devices*
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torinese
March 22, 2024, 10:01:13
iphone*
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lcubed
March 22, 2024, 10:13:51
We are only in the gizmo watch stage.
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digs
March 22, 2024, 9:57:42
they've had apple watches for past year or so. oldest is turning 12 in a few weeks
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lcubed
March 22, 2024, 10:13:42
We use live 360 to monitor where the kids are. I wish there was an option on there for
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Taz
March 22, 2024, 9:32:13
We do life 360 and I think that is it. We had some
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BradUnderwoodforprez
March 22, 2024, 9:30:10
i think snap and tiktok are currently a no*
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lcubed
March 22, 2024, 9:45:10
On snapchat, you can't control who they friend, but you can see their friends list
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Taz
March 22, 2024, 9:48:12
Maybe I'm in the minority here, but we didn't put monitoring apps* on our kids' phones.
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EffinIllini
March 22, 2024, 9:23:44
This was us pretty much us word for word. Haven't had any issues. At least that I know of!*
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Tuscy
March 22, 2024, 9:32:48
Life 360 is all we did/do also.*
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JFG
March 22, 2024, 9:24:47
Best of luck, it’s a fucking hellscape out there
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Jackie
March 22, 2024, 9:14:47
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