If your child is in his/her teen age then it is expected that they have their own mobile phone. As per the survey conducted by Pew Research Centre, around three-fourth children belong this particular age group own a smart phone. This report left some sort of worry among them about their kid’s smart phone usage. During recent years there are many recorded activities based on this issues.
There are many options available for kids as well as teens to behave mischievous with their mobile phones. Some do not do it intentionally but it happens unknowingly. They involve in a latest scary activity called sexting. This activity involves sharing nude or semi-nudes images and videos. There is a chance of involving in bullying activities. These are the issues that most parents are facing in current technological world.
You can use some mobile applications that track cell phone activities, and are useful in both professional and personal capacities. Once installed on a target device, such app (like mspy.com) can monitor phone messages, call histories, locations, emails, and even use the phone’s built-in microphone to record its surroundings.
Here are some tips to manage the mobile activities of your child:
Set some rules. Parents should determine about the rules that they wish to impose on their child’s mobile phone usage. These rules include the activities such as texting, allowing them to call in only particular time of a day. Limit the usage of mobile phone by setting limited durations to use. Teaching phone etiquette is must for all the children to avoid the upcoming troubles.
Discuss the pros and cons. After establishing the rules, have a personal discussion with your child and ensure that every activity goes on same page determining the appropriate usage of mobile phone.
Monitor usage. Mobile phones supervising can be finished some ways, such as only letting them have it during specific times of the day, viewing the account for the number of minutes being utilised and texts being dispatched, or you can also use spy programs that will run in the backdrop collecting all information about what they are doing on their phone.
Give penalties. Follow up with any penalties that were first laid out for breaking the directions. Doing this once or twice should help them desire to bypass it afresh, particularly if the direct engages losing the cell telephone for a couple of days at a time.
Pay attention. If you see your children being sneaky with the mobile phone, or that your account shows texting is being finished after bedtime, take action. They are likely doing certain thing they want to conceal from you, which could put their security into question.
Millions of children and teens have cell phones, supplying them with a reliable way to hold in touch with their parents. But it can also put them in feel with bullies, and reveal them to other things that parents may not propose.
Linda Waters, works at mSpy and writes about kids’ mobile activities and the ways to protect children both online and offline. She loves creating interesting gadget reviews.
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