Smartphone for all: " Parental " controls and managing messaging abuse

< p > It ’s hard to get good information on managing smartphone use for a vulnerable person — aka “parental controls”. Especially for Smartphones. < /p > < p > Vendors sites often promise more than they can deliver and provide little information on how they work. Vendors are also understandably reluctant to discuss side-effects and problems. The tech resources I trust tend to dislike the whole idea of parental controls (writers are too young!), and Google search results are dominated by vendor sites, spam blogs, and under-resourced newspaper columns. Parents and “Guides” (supporters of vulnerable users, aka “Explorers”) are truly at sea. < /p > < p > Ok, so “At sea” is a bit polite. Screwed is probably more accurate. < em > The next time your TV tells you that that it ’s “easy to monitor your child’s smartphone use” you have my permission to put a brick through the screen < /em > . < /p > < p > It ’s hard to get reliable information, but I need to cover this topic in  < a href= " http://bestyoucanbe.blogspot.com/2015/12/my-book-to-be-special-needs-smartphone.html " > my smartphone for all book < /a > . So in this post I ’m going to share my current impressions — I’d love to get comments here or elsewhere. My impressions are certain to change as a I learn more. For insight on Android solutions I need to credit  < a href= " http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-parental-control-apps,review-2258.html " > a review by Brian Hall < /a >  [1]; just ...
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