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<blockquote data-quote="Tiapet" data-source="post: 573446" data-attributes="member: 455"><p>I'm on the side of no contract type cell phones for kids, EVER! There is no possible way to really limit, or control them at all as much as you think you are. Trust me when I say this. You just can't. Nor can you track or see what they are doing. You have no record of anything should anything every happen bad (whether your child does it or it is done to them).</p><p></p><p>I have learned so much about this, and perhaps more then I wanted to now. If you knew what I now know, you wouldn't. And that's not to say that your child is not trustable on a different level then mine but it's a teenager and teenagers are bound to do things.</p><p></p><p>Right now the program I am using (and I will need to use a different one for 1 of my difficult child's because it's not enough), I have access to block ANY application on the phone, I can time limit any application or the phone itself. I can see the calls, the messages, the website, ANY activity that is done. They can not change settings or uninstall it either. There is more but kids can and do delete stuff. You may want to think they will be honest but they are kids and kids will be kids. </p><p></p><p>In a time like this, being naive at what you think your child "isn't" doing might end up being a bad thing. You'd be surprised what they really ARE doing! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiapet, post: 573446, member: 455"] I'm on the side of no contract type cell phones for kids, EVER! There is no possible way to really limit, or control them at all as much as you think you are. Trust me when I say this. You just can't. Nor can you track or see what they are doing. You have no record of anything should anything every happen bad (whether your child does it or it is done to them). I have learned so much about this, and perhaps more then I wanted to now. If you knew what I now know, you wouldn't. And that's not to say that your child is not trustable on a different level then mine but it's a teenager and teenagers are bound to do things. Right now the program I am using (and I will need to use a different one for 1 of my difficult child's because it's not enough), I have access to block ANY application on the phone, I can time limit any application or the phone itself. I can see the calls, the messages, the website, ANY activity that is done. They can not change settings or uninstall it either. There is more but kids can and do delete stuff. You may want to think they will be honest but they are kids and kids will be kids. In a time like this, being naive at what you think your child "isn't" doing might end up being a bad thing. You'd be surprised what they really ARE doing! ;) [/QUOTE]
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