That's been addressed many times. Try Matt 18:6
Sorry...I couldn't resist. 
What's your opinion on parental control apps?
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What's your opinion on parental control apps?
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There was an old adage that spoke of how to maintain family unity. I imagine you've heard it but what I see here is more like;
"The family that plays together, strays together".
Hey...enjoy the innocence of the young ones while you can but lighten up on the smart/stupid phone thing. They were invented by the guilty ones. 
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of a nuclear family at home evening ... each one on a different device!
The ones in the other room, as it happened, were playing a card game. Good on 'em.
BTW I believe we're supposed to be device-free today, right?
And my BIL and our host and I did have a discussion about the ultimate heat death of the universe, as I think it's called. That counts for something, I think.
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Your points are well taken, but the back stories are important.
We save a minimun of $40 a month by not having home internet. That's important to us.
In the past some of my links proved corrupt; don't know why, but it wasn't always the phone. Testing and noting them is a courtesy to our hard working, loyal, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent Mods. Long may they wave.
One problem is the placement of CANCEL/SUBMIT right below the line being typed. Too easy to press
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I've done that in past at my vacation spot. I pay half their bill when there. If they don't already have it, then offer wifi use of your router, near a window toward their house, and collect half payment from them each month.
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You are against parental control apps as long as your kid is safe and sound and is not afraid to go to school. But as soon as you find out that your kid is a victim of cyberbullies and you know nothing of that because he didn't tell you about that... well, then you become really sorry for ignoring those apps, trust me.
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Kids nowadays are very tech-savvy so they'll find a workaround eventually. Wouldn't encourage spying apps though, I feel that will only cause trust issues on children. Taking their phones and other gadgets for a certain amount of time will probably work better, but it would be ideal to explain to them what you are trying to achieve by doing this (limit exposure to screens to appreciate "real life" better, for them to be more intentional with their use of electronics, etc...)
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I do believe that there is a need for parental control apps in case of the content that really young kids consume and also for working parents to keep an eye on their children or pet children. However, there is a conversation and reflection to be undertaken about the intentions and the limits of this. Since control is what the app is even named, its shadow side is very obvious. The age limit and the pervasive nature of the apps have to be discussed. Additionally, they should never substitute actual conversations with the children.
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It's reasonable to use these apps. I've installed the one for my 10 years-old son. Think there're lot of risks. For instance, cyber-crime that takes benefit of people worldwide. I mean the forms of malware which effectively grounds computer operation.
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It will become more difficult for all of us to avoid the effects of malware and its collateral damage.
For instance,
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49905226
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