When my parents first told me that they were going to put a
monitoring app on my iPhone, I was like, “You’re gonna spy on me? Hell no!” But
then my Dad told me the reasons why … and I had to agree that they were good
ones.
Let me start by saying that I’m a boy and I’m 15 years old.
I look at things on my phone. You know what I mean. So obviously I don’t want
my parents see that. Especially my mom! But that’s not all. I use Snapchat and
Twitter and sometimes Facebook. I’m always watching stuff on YouTube and Vine.
And I text. A lot. I don’t always talk the way my parents want me to or think I
do. I’m a kid! A teenager! I know that it’s hard for them to hear or believe
it, but they said they know.
They promised that they wouldn’t use a one-time subscription free cell phone spy applications for andriod.
They said that they would only do it to check up from time to time. My Dad said
that Mom wouldn’t be the one to do it, since she was a girl and wouldn’t
understand the way boys are about … things. This made me feel a little better
about it, but still not good. And I was still ready to complain until my Dad
took me aside.
He took my phone and started scrolling through my pictures.
My stomach started turning. There were pics of me and my friends doing stupid
boy stuff that I didn’t want him to see. There were more than a few of me
pretending to dry hump things: a flag pole, a statue, the corner of a wall, my
buddy, my other buddy, my other
buddy’s buddy—even an actual girl
(though that was less pretend and more about what I really wanted)! I quickly
snatched the phone away and hid it behind my back. He didn’t react. Instead, he
stated, “I’m going to give you the time, today, to delete everything that you
wouldn’t want me or your mother to see. The pics. The posts. The comments. The websites you visit. The downloads.
Starting tomorrow, I’m going to put the monitoring app on your phone—and I’m
going to trust you, because you’re good, and also because you know I can now
see when you’re being … not good.”
See, he explained to me that the Internet was “forever”.
That everything I did was searchable by a one-time subscription free cell phone spy app for android. If I downloaded a movie
illegally, someone could catch me and sue us. If I took an inappropriate
picture of a girl I know and shared it with my friends, I could get sued or go
to jail —especially if there was nudity. If said something even the slightest
bit racist or sexist, I could get sued—or in the very least be hated. And just having that stuff on my phone put me at
risk. He reminded me that phones and accounts get hacked every day by a worry free cell phone spy app.
I got it. I even told him so. I said, “okay” and began
immediately deleting, erasing and changing everything.”
I trust my dad so I know that he won’t be checking every
day. And now that he explained everything to me, he won’t have to. I don’t want
to go to jail or get sued. I don’t want to end up having people think I’m a bad
kid. I want to live a normal life and play ball and go to college. I want to be
a good dad like my dad is.
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