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sabontu Jamal 5/11/15 Kids in today’s society have smart phones and a variety of social media accounts, creating new accounts without their parent’s acknowledgement. Parents now have to worry about their children’s safety regarding their kids’ cell phone usage. Some parents are taking it further by tracking their children activities through tracking apps. Apps such as Momma Bear, Safety’s Children Tracker and PhoneSheriff are giving parents the opportunity to put more restriction on their child’s usage. These apps allow parents to keep a tab on what their child is doing. This lets parents block phone numbers from calls and text messages, blocks apps, alert them about everything, give time restrictions and location tracking and lock commands. Parents use these apps so they could help their children but they don’t realize how it is invading their child’s privacy. In the article “Parents using mobile phone trackers for children put them 'in danger', spy chief warns” states that, “the increasing use of mobile phone tracking devices is making children vulnerable to attacks by sexual predators, according to the former head of MI6.” Parents don’t understand that kids need privacy. Yes it’s understandable that you as the parent want to protect you child but there are limits. There are ways to keep in touch with your children without having them lose trust. In this article it talks about ways parents can communicate with their kids. “It is important that everyone be on the same page. Sitting down together and drafting a contract is a great way to share values and expectations around appropriate online behavior. These agreements can range from a few simple rules to multi-page documents.” (6 Essential Tips to help Tweens live a Healthy Digital Life). Finding other ways to communicate with your children is better than taking the risk to actually lose their trust. In the parents head they don’t think they’re doing a bad thing because they believe that they are protecting their child. For example some parents believe that putting a GPS on their child is good because well they are checking weather they made it to school or not. However if the child finds out that their mom and dad are trying to track them and they think the wrong thing and start lying and doing things you, as the parent wouldn’t want them to do. “"It's a GPS app, so I can see where my children and my husband and anybody else that I want to add to my network at any time," said Cloutier. "During the day, if I am wondering what's going on, I can pull them up and see where they are and how long they have been there."(Smartphone app helps parent’s track kids' every move). With media scaring parents they think its okay to track every move of their child. “To which her mother responds, “Honey, you know I just do this to keep you safe. OK, let me see your phone.” (Is it ever ok for parents to cyber spy on their kids?). This lady told her daughter that she will track her because is to keep her safe, and not only track her but also check her phone on daily. I honestly feel like that’s too much. Have to go through you phone and also track them. That’s a little bit to much, speaking for a teenage life your child will not trust you if you such things and they will find ways to bend your rules. It also allows the students to lose trust within their parents and that will therefore add on more secrets and will also not only create more problems but as stated in this article a mother literally tracked her son for the stupidest reason. “Like countless teenagers before him, Zack Cohen loves hanging out with friends at the end of a school day, a brief respite from the restrictive gaze of parents and teachers. There are boundaries that need to be set regarding the responsibility that they have with their cell phones. It makes sense to always check on your child when they are younger but, when they get older the lines between them and a parent becomes clearer. Parents and kids need to establish an understanding with cell phones and the effects that comes along with it. Giving a child a cell phone gives those many opportunities to put themselves out there because the media has set it as a norm to be part of social media. And to be a part of it cell phones play a major role with introducing children and teens to a world where you can anonymously say or do anything without any of the consequences. Parents often wonder how much privacy they should give their children and if it is ok to violate it. Depending on the circumstances, parents have the need to know everything that is going on what their child’s life because they are not getting any information out of them. Giving parents apps to access their child’s is either a risky parental choice or breaking the boundaries they give their children. Parents feel entitle to know everything about their child’s activities in order to protect them however it may not be protecting them. However, when 14-year-old Zack and his friends made an unplanned visit to a branch of McDonald’s close to their school in North London instead of heading straight home two weeks ago, his mum, Suzanne — although eight miles away — could see precisely what he was up to.” (Mothers who spy on their child's every move: A new phone app makes keeping track of your offspring easy, but will it backfire?). Some parents tend to take tracking kids to far. I feel like you should give your child their privacy because I feel like your child would tell you what their doing or where their going. Tracking your child will just push them away. However every parent has their own way of parenting their child.

Phone tracking apps

Phone tracking app PhoneSheriff is an app parents use to track their child’s phones. This app lets parents monitor text messages, monitor call history, checks websites visited, GPS location and block things you can cant due. This app is very powerful parental control software that can help you monitor and restricts activities on your child’s cell phone or tablet and PCs. This app is fast and very easy to use. It can be downloaded instantly after purchase, and it is 100% undetectable. Which means once you install the app the user wont that its even there it’s there, because it runs in stealth mode and won’t leave a trace on the phone.

Features

1.	Monitor Text Messages – you get to read all the messages that the user has received. Don’t have to worry about if messages are deleted because you get to get every message that the phones have received. Even if the user has deleted the message immediately after being read.

2. Monitor Call History – All incoming and outgoing numbers will be logged along with the duration of the calls. You get to even block numbers.

3. Websites Visited – This feature lets you visit the go on the websites they’ve visited. It lets read the web browsing history. You even get to c Let you read the web browsing history of the phone’s mobile browser. Check out each URL that has been visited.

4. GPS Location Tracking – This feature allows you to secretly track a cell phone, so you always know where your kid is. Links to the GPS location are provided using Google Maps, which means you, can get information on not only the location, but also surroundings businesses, driving directions, etc. 5. Photo and Video Log – This feature allows you to view photos and videos snapped on the cellphone. 6. View Emails – With this feature you can view all email messages, whether incoming or outgoing. 7. View Apps Installed – You will see what apps are installed on your child’s phone/tablet. 8. Monitor Calendar Events – Every calendar event is logged. Date, time, and locations are recorded. All logs will be sent to your web account.

9. Anti Abduction: Trace the path of the monitored phone via Google maps and see street view. Take camera snapshots remotely and record audio surroundings of the phone.

10. Settings: In the older version, all changes had to be made from the actual device. The 2.5 versions allow you to make any changes remotely through your control panel.

How it works

First Step: Make Purchase

Before you get to purchase this software you have to sign an agreement that shows that you are in fact a parents and are using this to monitor your child. You also must agree to child the person who is being monitored know that you are monitoring the. Which is the place that most parents fail to do. The next step after that is if you are ready to purchase you go to the appropriate Order Page and complete all the section you are asked to

appropriate Order Page and complete all sections and agree to the PhoneSheriff Legal Requirements. Click Next and then enter your billing information. Then complete the order and check your email.

WORK CITED: 1.  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11132939/Parents-using-Find-My-iPhone-for-children-put-them-in-danger-spy-chief-warns.html 2.    https://kidsprivacy.wordpress.com/ 3.    http://www.cozi.com/live-simply/child-tracking-what-parents-should-know 4.    http://www.wmur.com/special-reports/smartphone-app-helps-parents-track-kids-every-move/25057332 5.    http://nypost.com/2014/11/10/should-parents-cyberspy-on-their-kids/ 6.    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2949764/Mothers-spy-child-s-new-phone-app-makes-keeping-track-offspring-easy-backfire.html