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<blockquote data-quote="greenrene" data-source="post: 573459" data-attributes="member: 9177"><p>We tried the strict monitoring, hand the phone over any time on demand, random checking, not allowed to delete texts, etc thing. My difficult child STILL tried in every way possible to get around the rules. She would pre-emptively delete texts, install apps but not the icon so she was on Twitter without us knowing, and on and on and on.</p><p></p><p>I'm with Insane - there's no way I'd allow my difficult child to buy a phone/plan with her own money. She has boundary issues like your difficult child, and that can be really dangerous - when you described her messaging to people she doesn't really know, that literally gave me the shivers. It is NOT safe, and if she is prone to stuff like that, there is no way I'd let her have a phone, PERIOD, unless it was an Android phone that had the Mobile Watchdog software installed.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mymobilewatchdog.com" target="_blank">www.mymobilewatchdog.com</a></p><p></p><p>Edited to add - my difficult child has no phone whatsoever now, after the **** hit the fan last summer. If she does get a phone (which based on her current grades, won't be anytime soon), then it will be an Android with Watchdog software. It's the only way (other than a company called Kajeet that also specializes in the monitoring stuff) to fully be in control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenrene, post: 573459, member: 9177"] We tried the strict monitoring, hand the phone over any time on demand, random checking, not allowed to delete texts, etc thing. My difficult child STILL tried in every way possible to get around the rules. She would pre-emptively delete texts, install apps but not the icon so she was on Twitter without us knowing, and on and on and on. I'm with Insane - there's no way I'd allow my difficult child to buy a phone/plan with her own money. She has boundary issues like your difficult child, and that can be really dangerous - when you described her messaging to people she doesn't really know, that literally gave me the shivers. It is NOT safe, and if she is prone to stuff like that, there is no way I'd let her have a phone, PERIOD, unless it was an Android phone that had the Mobile Watchdog software installed. [URL="http://www.mymobilewatchdog.com"]www.mymobilewatchdog.com[/URL] Edited to add - my difficult child has no phone whatsoever now, after the **** hit the fan last summer. If she does get a phone (which based on her current grades, won't be anytime soon), then it will be an Android with Watchdog software. It's the only way (other than a company called Kajeet that also specializes in the monitoring stuff) to fully be in control. [/QUOTE]
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