Tracking
Your Kid’s Activities
As the saying goes, kids think
they know it all, but the fact is that sometimes they just don’t know what
they’re getting into. Some online
activities that appear innocent may expose our children and our entire families
to great harm. In this information
age, more teens are wired now than ever. In fact, 93% of American teens
between the ages of 12 and 17 years old regularly use the internet. We’ve all heard about predators
lurking on the social media websites like MySpace, YouTube, Friendster. While most of these companies
cooperate with law enforcement to curb abuse, they are simply not capable of
providing a completely safe atmosphere for our children. Consider these frightening statistics compiled by the
What can we do to protect our families? For starters, we can watch what our kids are doing! There are many ways of accomplishing this, quietly and discreetly. There is no reason to confront them with unprovoked inquires or flimsy suspicions and cause unnecessary preemptive accusations or destructive arguments. Gather some evidence, and your family intervention will have some weight. On the other hand, you may just be confirming that you have a good kid, with a great head on their shoulders!
There are so many ways to follow your kid’s online activities. You can install hidden software on the computer that can copy ingoing and outgoing emails, then instantly forward them to you. Other types of software can actually record chats, email, websites and web surfing, and even block site any website you wish. You can plug in a keystroke logger to the keyboard and record every word they type on their keyboards. Cell phone sim card information hold names and phone numbers and can be easily downloaded onto a sim card reader, and phone conversations can be recorded at the push of a button. Get the computer out of their room and into a public area in the house. This can drastically can the time spent in risky websites.
What about if they aren’t in the house? GPS tracking devices come battery operated, and in sizes as small as a pack of gum to be secretly hidden anywhere in a car. The route is wirelessly transmitted in real time and laid over a Google map, to track the vehicle whereabouts. What about drugs? You can purchase simple sprays, that can detect trace residues of drugs or marijuana, on just about anything. This is truly a non-confrontational drug test.
There are many ways you can stay informed about what your kids are doing. Knowledge is power, and the more you know, the better off your family will be.