“ooVoo” sounds more like something coming out of a cow’s mouth, but if you haven’t heard of this app before, you really aren’t keeping up with your kids’ social media interest. The app has already been awarded with multiple awards including one from PC Magazine for the best communication app. It’s basically a video chat […]
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Teen apps in focus: Everything parents need to know about Tumblr
Tumblr is one of those apps that are more of a representation of contemporary zeitgeist and culture. This app allows celebrities, politicians, fashion designers, sports stars etc. to share stuff with their fans. The app has become young people’s favourite for this exact reason. Tumblr has played a real positive role towards serving social justice […]
Trackmyfone 2016 app blacklist Part 1: apps to get rid off from your kids’ smartphones
Kids spend so much of their time with their smartphones these days that it’s pertinent over parents now to keep a close check on their kids online activity. The biggest threat that parents should have is with the use of internet-ready apps by tweens and teens. You may have set codes and rules for […]
Teen apps in focus: Tinder—everything that parents need to know
What’s parent’s biggest nightmare in this time and age? Finding out that your kid has been catphished by some stranger online—posing as a teenager—who has even met your kid and later, you find out that your child is even a victim of sexual assault. It may sound harsh and blatant, but the reality is—online sexual […]
Teen apps in focus: everything that parents need to know about SNAPCHAT
Just 11 months ago, a video streamed over internet that took everyone by storm—a video by a father whose daughter was bullied. Diedra, an adopted and an African american child, who received several messages containing bullying and racial slurs. The bullies were from her school who had sent her messages using a very famous social […]
Your Kids Too Are Probably Using Their Smartphone to Cheat in Exams
It may come as a surprise to most of the parents that their kids cheat in exams or for quizzes in school. But this new study makes it pretty clear—Parents underestimate their children’s ability to cheat in exams, as only 3 percent believe that their kids cheat, whereas, 35 percent of the kids do actually […]
Teen Apps in Focus: Ask.fm—Bold and Risky
For our kids, social media apps are just like outfits—a new one every other day. It’s not easy for parents for this exact reason to keep tracks on every app their kids use, and the type of content that they are exposed to on these social media apps. This oblivion can lead to anxiety and […]
Monitoring Your Teen’s iPhone Or Android Smartphone
At TrackMyFone, we believe that parents should have a complete knowledge of everything that formulates a big portion of their child’s life. This is vital to the protection of the children. Parents need to know how their kids are using that major facet of their lives, for now, and for the future. Smartphones come under […]
How to Identify a Cyberbully or Cyberbullying Victim
Most of the blogs that talk about cyberbully would hardly look at teens as cyberbullies. But the reality is—teens can be victims as well as bullies. We know that it’s hard to imagine your child as a bully, but kids who are bullies didn’t land from the space. There is this old idea that says […]
Hazing and School: A Sinister and Not-So-Simple Duo
Hazing is not an old problem; it’s actually an ancient issue that persists in human behavior since the inception of this world. A report has revealed that initiation rituals related to hazing can be traced back to 2000 years. Maybe not existent since the aboriginal times, but it surely is a contemporaneous yet classical issue. […]