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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Still wondering how parents think they are checking on their kids phones.

If you are just reading old text messages, you know they can delete individual messages right, and clean up a convo thread and delete pictures or hide the pics in a private folder you couldn't access or save the pics offline on a SD card or flash drive. [/quote]

Verizon can access all text messages, even deleted.  I know this because my brother works in juvenile law enforcement and they can access anything they want when a family is looking at another teen and it goes to juvenile, which happens so much more than you think.  Same with Snap and Insta.  They will access anything for the police.  It's crazy.  My brother has had issues as young as 4th grade. Just last week a teen was arrested for having a lot of minor nude pictures stored in a calculator app.  The amount of people that air drop pictures and videos in high school is so sad.  Even the good and nerd kids know.  Some of them are involved too.

For my own teen, their phone is attached to my Mac air - in an account for them and texts can be seen there if I wish.  I created their snap with my email and they have the app on their phone but do not know the log-in.  I also have the app on my phone and can log in at anytime, even if they are three states away or at a party, etc...  That was the only way I would allow the app - and not delete immediately.  They are my only rules.  He knows what his uncle does and how serious it can be, so hopefully that keeps him on track.  I rarely check, but Im not letting a minor have full access to these type of apps.

I have downtime and screen time and I block access to adding and deleting apps unless they ask.  And phone is charged outside their room every night.  Wifi turned off in our house from 11pm to 6am and no hotspot is allowed, so no burner phones can be used especially if they have their phone taken.  And parents, teens can access apps on tv's and computers, so taking away a phone doesn't mean much.  [/quote]

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