Why monitor the mobile phone usage of your teen son or daughter and what does mobile monitoring have anything to do with your children safety?

Does your son or daughter speed while driving? Do they send and receive text messages or make and receive phone calls while they are driving? You can respond with "my son or daughter would never do such a thing" but I remember when I turned 16 I was certainly not the best driver in the world and at that time there was no such thing as cell phones.

Studies have proven that texting while driving is MORE dangerous than even drinking while driving. What if your son or daughter is speeding while texting?

The number one and simplest way to find out the answers to these questions is with mobile monitoring software specifically designed for monitoring a teens cell phone. Here is how teen mobile monitoring software can help you watch over your kids safety:

1. GPS tracking - this feature will show you everywhere your son or daughter goes. This gives you the peace of mind of knowing where they are at all times but even more important you can discover how quickly they got there. This will answer the speeding issue.
2. Text message monitoring - this feature will show you every single text message your son or daughter sends and receives which has benefits beyond the scope of this article but even more important this tracking feature will show you exactly when they are sending and receiving these text messages. There are even mobile tracking programs for teens which allow you to control their cell phone disabling certain features at certain times you specify.
3. Call tracking - as with the text message tracking feature this feature will showing you exactly when, down to the exact second, they are making and receiving phone calls.

Armed with the information provided above you have the power to do something. Teen mobile monitoring programs allow you to be there even when you can physically be there. You might think this type of son or daughter monitoring software for mobile devices is expensive. While there are some programs of this type that do cost almost an arm and a leg there are plenty of good ones costing under $100. All mobile tracking software programs have the above three important features.

The ability to monitor you teen driving habits is one thing you can do to make their lives safer. Certainly you can't be there at all times and in all situations but the use of teen mobile monitoring software certainly increases your ability to secure the safety of those most important to you.