Oh dear. Reading your kids texts is the equivalent of parents listening into phone conversations and reading letters during our time. Terrible. Your kid is allowed to have friendships and a social life that does not include you. It is actually important to their development as a person, and not being a snoop is important to establishing trust in your relationship with them.

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Anonymous wrote:Why waste your time? It isn't a first line of defense, it is a waste of time/money and fools errand.

This. Anything you try the kids will learn to bypass it easily.

Technology doesn't replace proper parenting and talking to kids about what's not appropriate online.

I disagree. Many parents have no idea what their kids are up to if they don’t check their technology. I can tell from the stuff I have seen many parents don’t monitor their kids’ phones, and it is not good.

What you don't know is what they know and find. You can't stop it. Best to get ahead of it rather than depending on tech.

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Anonymous wrote:Why waste your time? It isn't a first line of defense, it is a waste of time/money and fools errand.

This. Anything you try the kids will learn to bypass it easily.

Technology doesn't replace proper parenting and talking to kids about what's not appropriate online.

I disagree. Many parents have no idea what their kids are up to if they don’t check their technology. I can tell from the stuff I have seen many parents don’t monitor their kids’ phones, and it is not good.

Anonymous wrote:Why waste your time? It isn't a first line of defense, it is a waste of time/money and fools errand.

This. Anything you try the kids will learn to bypass it easily.

Technology doesn't replace proper parenting and talking to kids about what's not appropriate online.

Anonymous wrote:I have yet to find how to ensure I receive texts that go to my teen’s phone. Only thing I can think of is getting an old phone and sign both of them in with same Apple ID. I swear I’ve met parents who are able to receive every text. How do they do this? Wouldngoing to the Genius Bar help?

I believe Bark can do this via a VPN.

Anonymous wrote:I have yet to find how to ensure I receive texts that go to my teen’s phone. Only thing I can think of is getting an old phone and sign both of them in with same Apple ID. I swear I’ve met parents who are able to receive every text. How do they do this? Wouldngoing to the Genius Bar help?

I don't know, but I have heard parents complain that they tried to do this and didn't realize that their kids were getting every single one of the parents' texts.

I think I would list my mind receiving all my kids'texts.

We just made it clear that we own all the devices and anything you send on the Internet/cell service could one day be public so we reserve the right to log into your device at any time. We did a ton of checking when the kids were younger and gradually have been checking less over time.

Anonymous wrote:I have yet to find how to ensure I receive texts that go to my teen’s phone. Only thing I can think of is getting an old phone and sign both of them in with same Apple ID. I swear I’ve met parents who are able to receive every text. How do they do this? Wouldngoing to the Genius Bar help?

Same iCloud account and no Snapchat.

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I have yet to find how to ensure I receive texts that go to my teen’s phone. Only thing I can think of is getting an old phone and sign both of them in with same Apple ID. I swear I’ve met parents who are able to receive every text. How do they do this? Wouldngoing to the Genius Bar help?