School is on the verge of starting and parents are wondering the new age question. Should I or should I not track my teens car? Most parents do not want to violate their child’s privacy or become viewed as a helicopter parent. We here at Spy Parent have come up with 5 convincing reasons why tracking your teenager’s car is not a bad idea.
1. Location, Location, Location- Real time GPS trackers allow you to validate your teens location. Is your teen really at football practice or is he at the mall hanging out with friends? GPS trackers give you answers to these questions.
2. Decrease on your insurance premium- Insurance Companies view GPS devices in two ways: Accidents and Theft. If you are tracking the speed that your child is driving his or her vehicle then there is a decrease chance of a speeding accident. If there is a hidden GPS tracker in your car, then it is easier for law enforcement to track down your vehicle in case of theft. The 8 to 10% discount that insurance companies give parents is enough to pay for the device.
3. Decrease in wasteful joyriding- The increase in monitoring allows you to hold your teen accountable for the wasteful joy riding that burn gas money.
4. Reward- If the tracking reports indicate your teen is going to places they say they are going and abiding by the speed limit, then the reports can be used to reward your teen with more driving privileges or a new\newer car
5. Fight Tickets- If a police officer gives your teen a ticket for speeding, then you can submit the speeding records to your attorney or submit in traffic court.
The key is to make sure you purchase a real time GPS tracker with the following features:
1. Long battery life- at least 72hours without recharge
2. GPS-Cell tech- This will allow you to track your child in the forest or under a bridge
3. Birds Eye view- Print out actual homes and addresses your teen is visiting
4. Small and discrete- This is key if you have to go covert
One of the rising debates within the mental health field is the use of GPS Location devices. GPS devices are very common within the correction \offender industry. There has been little discussion utilizing the technology with mentally disturbed cases. Recently some high profile cases have brought the issue to day light. Last summer a convicted rapist in London escaped a mental health hospital and raped a 73 year old man.
Mental Hospitals are currently looking into the feasibility of the devices. Although most facilities are locked, there are gaps in supervision when patients have to leave the facility for services and resources.
What are your thoughts on GPS trackers for mental health patients?
The sexting epidemic has hit an all time low. It is finally here: Sexting Blog sites. Sites such as sextingpics.net are posting blogs of sexting pics taken by teenagers and celebrities. These sites even go as far as giving men advice on how to lure a girl into sexting.
I hope that all my spy parents get a clear understanding how serious this issues has become for teenagers. For the girls or boys engaging in the act, they are setting themselves up for these pictures to live on the internet with the effect of killing their chances for future employment. For the teens that are viewing and distributing these pics they are at risk of felony child pornography charges or being charged as a sex offender.
If you are worried that your child is engaging in this behavior, then please leave your contact info in the content section and we will be glad to provide free consultation. In addition to consultation, we provide technology such as the cell phone spy that will extract deleted pictures off your child phone to ensure that they are not sexting.
You can visit http://www.spyparent.net/cell-phone-spy.php
Twin toddlers between the ages of 2-4 were caught wandering in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Police officers founds the girls wandering alongside busy Lawrenceville Hwy. The girl’s mother stated the girls may have left the house sometime after 6am when their father left for work. The mother called law enforcement around 1pm to report the girls missing. Local police located the girls around 8am and turned them over to local child protective services. The children are currently in protective custody and have not been returned to their parents.
There have been daily reports over the last 6 months of children leaving their homes and wandering the streets. Spy Parent LLC offers the solution with our Amber Alert GPS trackers. For less than 12 dollars a month or less than 50 cents a day, you can locate your child by phone or internet. You can get more information of the device at our new website www.locateloveones.com
Spy Parent will be giving away free Amber Alert GPS 2G devices at the GA Autism Speak Walk Athon on May 23, 2010. Come by our booth and get our promo code and you will receive the device for free (129.00 value). If you are a parent of an autistic child, then email us at slewis@spyparent.net and we will email you the promo code.
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The Washington Post featured Spy Parent. NET on April 20th as a helpful website for parents to learn how to spy on their children. Read fullarticle here
According to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, youth between the ages of 8-18are spendingover 7 hours a day consuming entertainment media through the internet, cell phone, and television. Cell phones and Ipods are the driving force behind the increase consumption of media. The report indicates that over the past five years the ownership of cell phones among 8 to 18 year olds have increased from 39% to 66%. During this same five year stretch, ownership of Ipods for the same target population has increased from 18% to 76%.
The most important stat is that only 30% of parents have any type of rules set up to monitor cell phones, Ipod, and other media use. The stats show that children are accessing entertainment at a fast pace and parents are struggling on how to safe guard the technology. Spy Parent is here to help parents set rules around electronic media.
Email us at slewis@spyparent.net and receive a FREE electronic media rules contract to review with your child.
A new study by Symantec was released showing that the fourth most search term for kids under the age of 7 was porn. So now younger kids are searching for porn more than ever. Most parents do not think about filtering software until their child hits the age of 11, but new research is showing that parents need to start early.
Unlike teens, most kids under the age of 10 are not too computer savvy when it comes to hiding their searches. Simply filtering software such as Cybersitter would eliminate dangerous searches and allow parents to block certain sites. You can visit our computer monitoring page for more information.
A new 2009 AP\MTV Digital Abuse Study was released last week. The study focused on digitally abusive behavior among young people between the ages of 14-24. A total of 1,247 people within the age range were interviewed and completed an online survey. The survey indicated 50% of people age 14-24 have experienced abusive behavior. Additionally, 3 in 10 young people report having been involved in some type of sexting.
As more studies are released, it is important for parents to purchase monitoring software for their teen’s computer, cell phone, and video game. There are too many risks involved as evidenced by this most recent survey. Any child with internet access is a potential abuse victim.
School is on the verge of starting and parents are wondering the new age question. Should I or should I not track my teens car? Most parents do not want to violate their child’s privacy or become viewed as a helicopter parent. We here at Spy Parent have come up with 5 convincing reasons why tracking your teenager’s car is not a bad idea.
Twin toddlers between the ages of 2-4 were caught wandering in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Police officers founds the girls wandering alongside busy Lawrenceville Hwy. The girl’s mother stated the girls may have left the house sometime after 6am when their father left for work. The mother called law enforcement around 1pm to report the girls missing. Local police located the girls around 8am and turned them over to local child protective services. The children are currently in protective custody and have not been returned to their parents.
According to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, youth between the ages of 8-18
Most parents do not think about filtering software until their child hits the age of 11, but new research is showing that parents need to start early.