What Do You Do When Your Kid Sneaks Around?

Vanessa is joined by her sisters in another episode where they discuss the sneaking out hijinks they all got up to in a family of 12 kids as well as how they deal with their own families' stories of teens sneaking around. They wrestle with the big question: how do you trust your kids and let them have their own freedom while also protecting and doing your duty as a parent when it comes to curfews, bedtime, and rules of the home?

 

Vanessa's sister Shelly also shares about an upcoming product she and her husband are working on called Analog that helps protect families from the dangers of sneaking around online. She provides a checklist to watch out for:

• Set a baseline
  • Check and recheck the parental controls because they do reset
  • Don't let kids delete or install apps without permission
  • Limit screen time on apps
• Also watch out for:
  • Kids changing the timezones
  • Redownloading apps
  • Using VPNs
  • Using Siri to get around certain parental controls
  • Friends' phones