8 Apps You Should Look Out For On Your Teens Phone
I know that like me many of you have seen the surprising rise in teen kidnappings. From what I have noticed by watching some of the stories on the news is that most of the teenagers disappeared after meeting an individual online. The latest case is 14-year-old Lacey Dewent who disappeared a few days after her mom found a guy named Robert Butler who Lacey met online in her room. You can find out more about this story here. This got me thinking about apps that we as parents may need to look out for. This is the time when children, particularly teenagers, begin to drift away from their parents and attempt to form new relationships, both offline and online. As parents, we must read more and stay up with the latest trends and apps in order to know what our children are up to. I searched the internet and here are some that I found that were popular. The pics are courtesy of the google play store. I left the descriptions.
1. Burn Note
8 Apps You Should Look Out For On Your Teens Phone
The reason you should look out for Burn Note is that teens can have conversations without you knowing what they are talking about because after a designated length of time the messages can be destroyed. However, if you really need to know what messages your child has sent then contacting digital Forensic Investigators could help you recover any deleted messages and this could help you keep them safe online.
2. Ask.fm
8 Apps You Should Look Out For On Your Teens Phone
Ask.Fm is an app to look out for on your teen’s phone or tablet because they are allowed to answer questions anonymously. They meet strangers as well.
3. Snap Chat
8 Apps You Should Look Out For On Your Teens Phone
Snap chat allows teens to send pics and texts that disappear after it is viewed. Once again this allows teens to have conversations without being monitored.
4.Twitter
8 Apps You Should Look Out For On Your Teens Phone
Twitter is pretty much a given. Teens can interact with strangers. This one can be basically monitored if you follow your teen.
5. Omegle Chat
8 Apps You Should Look Out For On Your Teens Phone
Omegle Chat allows teens to interact with strangers. Getting Omegle unbanned can be a challenge if you don’t know how to do this though.
6. Facebook
8 Apps You Should Look Out For On Your Teens Phone
Facebook is a great app to connect with friends and family but it also is sometimes used to for cyber bullying and a place to meet strangers. 87% of young people have seen cyberbullying occurring online, so it’s definitely out there and Facebook, like any social media platform, is a breeding ground for it.
7. Google +
8 Apps You Should Look Out For On Your Teens Phone
Google + is just like Facebook teens sometimes use it for cyber bullying and to meet strangers. But google+ and facebook can be monitored by adding your teen to your friends’ list and circles.
8. KIK
8 Apps You Should Look Out For On Your Teens Phone
Kik allows you to interact with friends and strangers. all teens have to do is share their KIK username.
Looking out for these apps will help you keep your teens safe. You can put a passcode on your market store that way whenever your teens or just children in general want to download an app they have to get approved by you.
