Teenagers demand for a mobile phone and there is nothing wrong in that. Obviously, when they enter adolescents, they look for ways to expand their social circle, make new friends, get acquainted with the rising trends and nonetheless have their own private space. But is that something you can allow them? Even if you think that your teenager can handle the device, you must remember that having a mobile phone is a responsibility that should not be taken lightly and it is difficult to teach teens the basic rules that exist and the responsibilities involved.

For this reason the idea of creating a contract between you parents and your preteen (adolescent) child is an excellent idea to teach your child about the responsibilities that come with the phone. You can give them opportunity to ask questions freely and make them understand what are the rules of cell phone use and the consequences of breaching it.

What you can add in the contract?

When writing the contract, clearly explain the responsibilities of your teenager with mobile phone. Here are just a few examples of clauses that can put in the contract for use of the mobile phone in your teen. Also they have to be well - understood consequences and will have to be signed by both parents and for the children:

--Do not send aggressive or threatening messages to others
--Respect the dignity of all people
--Keep your phone battery at all times
--Always pick up the phone to call my parents, if I do not have to be a good excuse
--Do not use the phone at the family table or meetings with family
--Do not spend more than established monthly minutes.If passed the limit will have to pay an additional charge or lose privileges with the phone.
--Keep your phone in good condition.
--Failure to comply with domestic or academic tasks the phone may be requisitioned until it meets again agreed.

In addition to the contract, you may need a parental control program to keep an eye on them and see whether they are following the set rules or not.

There are a number of tools available in the market that help parents track the use of cell phone by their kids remotely. To name a new, Norton and FamilyTime parental control app are two good examples. With the use of these apps you can easily:

Monitor:

--Contacts saved in the contact book of teens' device
--Call logs with date and time stamps
--Sent and received SMS
--Complete list of installed apps with the details such as app version and date of installation etc.
--Web-browsing history with date and time stamps
--Bookmarks & Favorites saved in the browser
--Location-history of your teen
--Speed limit of teen while driving

Analyze

--App usage Frequency
--Number of visits to a place
--The type of content being browsed
--New contacts made etc.

Stay Connected Through:

--PickMeUp Alerts that teen can send you give you an easy go reminder when it is time to pick them up with their location details
--SOS alerts that they can send in case of emergency in a single tab. With alert, you will be notified about their current location.

Through these alerts, they can stay notified when to pick their kids up and from where. Also, if they ever get into trouble, they can notify their parents in a single tab so get to them for help.

Take Control:

--Watchlist suspicious contacts
--Geo-fence places
--Set driving speed limit
--Blacklist Apps
--Schedule auto-screen locks.
--Remotely lock the phone

Do you think this type of parental control is suitable for mobile phone use of your teenager? If yes, get the app for free now.