With access
to the internet now easier than ever before, there has been a shocking and
significant rise in the number of problems that are involving children, which
are caused by unchecked internet access. The younger the child, the more
impressionable they are and letting your child have access to a smart phone,
that allows them to surf the internet without you knowing what they are up to,
or who they are communicating with, could lead to all kinds of problems.
In the
past, our parents would have to warn us about the potential dangers posed by
talking and going off with strangers, this though was usually only when we were
old enough to be trusted to go out without our parents. The thought of letting
your child out to the local park or to run errands to the local store on their
own, can leave some parents with a sense of foreboding. However, nowadays the
local pedophile is more likely to chat to your son or daughter on the internet,
rather than hanging around in the park or on street corners. It is ironic that
many parents equip their children with a cell phone for use when they are out
of the home by themselves, yet it is these very same cell phones that could
actually put your child in danger.
Thanks to
chat rooms, and social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, and
messenger apps such as BlackBerry Messenger, and WhatsApp, it is easier than
ever before, for your child to talk to strangers. The simple fact is that in a
chat room or on a social media site, there is no guarantee’s that the boy or
girl that your child is communicating with, is actually who they say they are.
Sexual predators, especially those interested in children, will more often than
not, set up a fake account, pretending to be a child, in order to chat to other
children. When this happens then all kinds of serious problems can arise, from
convincing your child to send photos of them to actually convincing them to
meet up somewhere local.
That is
something you need to think hard about before letting your child have access to
the internet via a smart phone or tablet computer. Thankfully, there is now a
solution to the problem of how you find out just what your son or daughter is
doing when they are using their cell phone as a number of companies have
launched what have become known as cell phone spy apps.
These cell
phone spy apps, such as the one presented by the company mSpy, allow you, the
parent, to keep tabs on the activity that your child indulges in when they are
using their smart phone. By downloading the app on to the cell phone, you will
be able to log in to your mSpy account, and have instant access to all the data
relating to the phones usage. From things such as, phone calls, emails, SMS
messages, social network sites, and even the record of any photos and videos
that have either been sent or received. Keeping you in the loop with regards to
your child’s online activities as well as helping you to keep them safe.
