I always say that communication, trust and mutual respect are essential in the functioning of every familyBut are they enough to guarantee parents' peace of mind when children don't need us so much anymore?
Teenscrio has been presented as the first effective parental control system through mobile. The software is invisible, impossible to detect on mobile devices and the installation is done by parents.
Is it really an educational follow-up service or will it become a tool to spy on children?
I have asked my son what he thinks of Teenscrio, and he has told me that he does not like the idea because children need their privacy not to be invaded. Well he is only eight years old and has no cell phone, and although he enjoys some freedom of movement, it is very adjusted to his age and the environment in which he operates.
But you have to judge yourself, so
I will tell you a little more about what this application consists of
Teenscrio is a Advanced technological service based on the capacity and geolocation potential of mobile phone networks commonly used in the vast majority of countries in the world.
It therefore offers a response to specific parental control needs as it is the only service of monitoring of children's activities through mobile phones that allows parents not only to know at all times where their children are, but to establish areas, places or environments where they should not be due to their danger or inconvenience.
Likewise, it offers the possibility of establishing time limits for the permanence of children in certain places or in the usual displacements between home and school. An alert system informs parents in real time if their child is where they should not
Teenscrio operates on our children's mobile / smartphone, whatever the operator. The Teenscrio technology platform is prepared for two mobile / smartphone operating systems: Android and Blackberry.
This system offers two control options:
- Proactive, which allows you to permanently confirm attendance at the predetermined schedules of our children in the school, extracurricular activities, in public transport, in stays at friends' houses, ...
- Reagent, which immediately alerts the absences of the children of their educational calendar or of the behavior plan agreed with the parents.
What do I think of Teenscrio?
My children are not yet teenagers, but I work as a parent trainer with children of all ages (even with children and adults). I believe that there is nothing that can supply good communication, and that we should not cloud the confidence that children place in us., so the fact of using this system without them knowing it seems to me something negative in this regard.
You don't need to tell me that sometimes it is they who 'betray' our trust, I know that, but can you understand adolescence without a hint of transgression with respect to adult norms?
Striving to maintain dialogue with children and maintain an active presence (more or less intense according to age) in their development, is not the most comfortable option, because it requires effort on the part of the parents. However, parental functions necessarily include these aspects, at least from my point of view.
However Teenscrio only adds value to the geolocation
When the application was submitted, Charo Alvarez (his promoter), He clarified that it is also possible to use Teenscrio while the children are aware that their parents have installed it in the terminals.
'In a father-son relationship of more confidence and perhaps with more responsible adolescent profiles, it can also work if the child is aware of this parental control, only as a method that provides peace of mind to the parents. In environments of cities at risk, this makes sense, and becomes a very useful tool for both parents and children. '
The idea of a child under 17 years of age who cannot explore a freedom of his own age does not just add up, since his parents will know (even before asking) if he has gone to places not initially planned. After all lResponsibility is acquired not only when obligations require you, but also when they trust you more.
I know a woman with a 17-year-old daughter and a seven-year-old child: she is a very dialoguing and also very leisurely person, of which she transmits emotional balance. I recently said that she thinks that parents often 'don't know how to listen to their teenage children', and that she trusts her daughter, although she knows that she will do many things she does not tell her. The 'girl' by the way is very responsible while still living experiences of her age.
In any case, Teenscrio is a totally private and confidential service that complies with international regulations on data privacy. It is available only for parents with children between 10 and 18 years old, and is automatically deactivated when they turn 18.
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