Wow that's disgusting.
Ignore No More – lock your child's device until they call you back
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Re: Ignore No More – lock your child's device until they call you back
#12Danger: the front page says the child will always be able to call "first responders," but the FAQ reveals that 911 is the only built-in one which the child cannot change. If you live outside the US, 911 may not work, leaving your child unable to dial emergency services.
Adding 112 and 999 to the list would help, but perhaps it's better to just let the kid call whomever they like, and just block "fun" things like texting and other apps. After all, if your kid is out with friends and gets a bit lost, the best person to call will be one of those friends, not the police.
Re: Ignore No More – lock your child's device until they call you back
#13WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, YOUNG MAN? WHY WERE YOU IGNORING MY CALLS?
checks GPS log, sees school
does child's homework for him
applies to college for him
goes on job interviews for him
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#15Products like this are great, as they teach children how to get around stupid arbitrary restrictions from a young age, so are less likely to end up as drooling passive consumers poking at a tablet and more likely to become hackers.
danah boyd has a (free) book on the responses of teens to network parenting, http://www.danah.org/itscomplicated/
Edit: corrected name capitalization
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#16The perfect app for helicopter parenting, be sure to tell your child you don't trust them as they leave the door.
I'm sure this would be a good product commercially.
The FAQ is a bit jarring, most of it seems to be self praise.
Re: Ignore No More – lock your child's device until they call you back
#17Products like this are great, as they teach children how to get around stupid arbitrary restrictions from a young age, so are less likely to end up as drooling passive consumers poking at a tablet and more likely to become hackers.
danah boyd has a (free) book on the responses of teens to network parenting, http://www.danah.org/itscomplicated/ Edit: corrected name capitalization
Huh, I have never seen this, thanks!
(OT nitpick: her name is actually 'danah boyd' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danah_Boyd#Early_life)
Re: Ignore No More – lock your child's device until they call you back
#18I haven't tried it, but isn't this trivial to disable by just booting into safe mode and uninstalling the app?
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#19I haven't tried it, but isn't this trivial to disable by just booting into safe mode and uninstalling the app?
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Re: Ignore No More – lock your child's device until they call you back
#20Products like this are great, as they teach children how to get around stupid arbitrary restrictions from a young age, so are less likely to end up as drooling passive consumers poking at a tablet and more likely to become hackers.
danah boyd has a (free) book on the responses of teens to network parenting, http://www.danah.org/itscomplicated/ Edit: corrected name capitalization
Sounds interesting. From the looks of it, it should probably be required to read for anyone in government or becoming a parent. The government here loves pandering to helicopter parents, unfortunately, and wasting huge amounts of taxpayer money on schemes with poor uptake and even worse effectiveness instead of spending less money on education that would actually prove effective with a sensible outcome.
Edit: Free on her site, taking a look now.