The statistics related to children’s cell phone use are appalling. Nearly 53 percent of the American 7-year-olds own their personal cell phone. What’s even more tearing is the fact that parents have to acquiesce to their kids’ varying amount of expensive requests for electronic devices. To save yourself time and parenting blues, it’s to your […]
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The Art of scribbling down a perfect smartphone contract
If you are planning to handover a smartphone to your child, a smartphone monitoring contract could be a nice idea to mediate their first few years of cell phone use. This is a contract between you and your child that can teach them how to be a responsible and safe digital citizen. Following are […]
Dating abuse: why do you need to talk to your child about it?
If your teen is going through an abusive relationship, you should know about it, right? But unfortunately, this doesn’t happen like this, always. Dating abuse doesn’t necessarily leave physical signs as it’s presumed by many parents. The physical signs are identifiable, but when it comes to emotional torture, no eminent clues soar up, unless a […]
Teen apps in focus: everything parents need to know about DOWN
It’s a universal truth—in a world that’s agglomerated with technology, much of our communications embrace it. So be it social interaction, or building relationships, it’s not shocking at all to see how even teens are using social media to explore their sexuality. And one such app that’s used for this purpose is DOWN. DOWN—what exactly […]
How much smartphone use is okay for your kids?
Did you know that in most of the households, infants start using cell phones before they even turn one? Well, that’s just one appalling figure. Experts have suggested parents to keep babies away from screens as much as possible, but with lack of interest in our kids’ digital habits, we let them stay glued to […]
Teen apps in focus: Everything parents need to know about Ask.fm
We will keep this one short, unlike our previous reviews about social media apps. So let’s just tell you very quickly why you need to know about this app Ask.Fm. In 2013, a 14-year-old girl, living in Britain, Hannah Smith, killed herself after she was bullied online on her Ask.Fm profile. British Prime Minister, after […]
Lessons from 2015: 5 don’ts of digital parenting
Last year was more like a technological breakthrough for new apps. For parents who are always busy with their usual stuff i.e. work and only work, it was just another year of hardships to keep up with the technological trends. But parents who are worried about their kids never take a break from keeping their […]
Is smartphone a good Xmas gift for your tween or teen?
Holidays are just around the corner! Along with jingle bells, tinsels, charity drives and everything else that comes on the minds of the kids to ask for from Santa. While some parents shop around for hours, sifting through every possible item to present their kids with the perfect gift, some parents may have already considered […]
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 […]
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 […]