for both internet and cell phones goes, what does one do when one has 5 kids who were brought up properly. how can you keep track.

This has become a serious issue and parents are very concernd. They need to buy their children cell phone for two primary reasons: 1) Childrens safety and security and 2) peer pressure on children to also have a phone.

At home, parents had some control over how their kids used computers to access internet. With cell phones, they feel helpless. Parental Controls on Mobile Phone is a growing need of today's families and there is an opportunity for someone to deliver this need.

So called Parental Controls provided by wireless carriers are missing on the customer need. Parents need to see what the kids are doing on their cell phones. SMS, MMS, uploading photos, downloading Music, and chat. That is what is required.

So many people claim they have rage because they came from dysfunctional families it is BOLOGNA!!!  The whole WORLD'S FYSDUNCTIONAL!!! There, I said it everyone functions with some level of pain in their life be it emotional or physical. The word dysfunctional means functioning with pain, pain may explain but IT DOES NOT EXCUSE STUPID BEHAVIOR.! It also does not excuse hostile behavior. Americans let's get over our rage and stop excusing our unreasonable behavior!!!

Hello everyone, and Dr. Phil.


I enjoyed wa6tching your show on the predetor on  internet.

I have a friend who has this ex boyfriend who is obsessed with her. He clearly wants her back but in the recent e-mail i just recived moments before i signed up. I would post the e-mail but i rather not. it's basicaly stateing that if i don't help him get her bak, he will do something.. not to me, but most likely to her. he said if i ask anyone for help he would know. we haven't herd from this guy in over a year. I am worried about my friend, she's a good kid, smart, and has some faily issues right now, but i need advise on what to do. My firend does not know about the e-mail that was sent to me i just want to know what would be the right thing to do... should i go to her parents about this, or should i take it up with the  police? he did mention that this e-mail was a threat. As you can see my concerns for my  friend.

If anyone has any idea what i should do please respond to my post.

Thanks 

I am the author of "Internet Security For Parents" and I must say that parents need to get educated and involved and start monitoring what their kids are doing online and offline. There are many dangers to both parents and kids through the use of the Internet, cell phones and even video game systems.

Some of these dangers covered in my book are:

- The information young teens post online that makes them vulnerable to rape.
- What kids do online that could prevent them from getting accepted by the college of their choice and even prevent them from landing a good job.
- What kids are doing with the computer that could cost parents $5,000 or more in lawsuits, over 18,000 people have already made this mistake.
- How kids are puting their parents at risk to Identity Theft.
- What mistakes kids make when using instant messaging and chat room services.
- Why most household computers are setup wrong and how it can affect parents.

Please get involved, it's the only solution.

hi,
I watched the show and heard the message clearly!
 I have a stepdaughter ,13 yrs old and lives with her mom.
My husband /her father sees the danger in my space and the cellphone use but her mother lets her do whatever she wants unsupervised.
We tell her about the danger over and over again.So much that she has distanced herself from us. she lives 2 lives,one here and one with her mom.
 2 total opposites!
What can we do to make her see and her mom the danger off all of this.

Hello. I am the Chief Technology Officer of eAgency, the creators of My Mobile Watchdog, and I would like to address your concerns regarding the availability of compatible phones and the cost of the service.

We understand that there is a significant investment necessary to purchase a compatible smart phone and the required data plan from one of the US carriers (Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile or AT&T). Our My Mobile Watchdog service costs less than $10 per month per family. All of the rest of the charges, costs, and fees that you are describing are imposed by the US carriers, not by us. We see none of that money as you pay it directly to your carrier. We would like to be able to install My Mobile Watchdog clients on other less expensive phones like the Motorola RAZR for example, but so far we have not been able to do so because the carriers would not permit us to install the client onto their lower priced phones. We have gone so far as to actually build these clients for popular phones like the Motorola RAZR, LG Chocolate, and others, but the carriers would not allow us to offer these clients to their customers. Since they restrict which client applications can run on their phones, there is nothing we can do to distribute them.

We have also built a version of My Mobile Watchdog that could be installed in the carrier's data center and extend My Mobile Watchdog capabilities to all of the carrier's family subscribers regardless of the phone or plan they have. This solution would work just fine with your Nokia 6085 and current plan. Again, the carriers in the United States have not allowed us to deploy this solution, although some carriers in other countries are allowing us to do so. If we were able to deploy that solution in the United States, we could offer our services for considerably less than $10.00 per month per family, as we are doing in other countries. Unfortunately, until the carriers allow us to deploy more cost-effective solutions here, there is nothing we can do to force them.

Hopefully, given the media attention that this issue is attracting, we will have more options available in the near future within the United States.

Also, with respect to the claim that we are somehow discriminatory, I can only say that nothing would make us happier than seeing My Mobile Watchdog become an affordable, useful tool for every parent in America. My development team and I personally are very proud of the impact that we are having on child safety in the US and abroad. Mike Harris alone has placed over 50 active, engaged child predators behind bars using My Mobile Watchdog, and countless other children have been prevented from doing something stupid because their parents were proactive and nipped their children's questionable behavior in the bud. We have spent literally millions of dollars to develop this capability so that parents have some tools to address threats to their children.

I assure you that we will continue to try to bring My Mobile Watchdog to market in the most cost-effective manner possible.

Boyd Machtolff
Chief Technology Officer
eAgency, Inc.

Dr Phil, Thank you for this show. It provides my husband and I with more helpful information to
protect are children.

i read your post and cant even believe you want people to feel SORRY for your boyfriend.... he was not only lured into getting caught HE IS GUILTY AS SIN.  He thought the person he was talking to was 14 and still continuted to have the sex  conversation AND agree to meet them... dont pull the "poor me" card out.. he was horney and stupid and got busted.  No sympathy here

This show really got my blood circulating. I am a mother of four. I am now a grandmother. I speak from experience. The problem with children today....is the parents. Toady's parents will do anything to be a friend to their children. What is wrong with being a parent first and a friend later?

When my children were growing up none of them had cell phones. The computers were in our diningroom then to our computer room which was off the livingroom. The door was always open. We as parents were always in there with them. Boys were never allowed in our daughter's bedroom. Girls were never allowed in our son's rooms. I told them that we had a living room, etc for them to entertain their gurests. They knew I MEANT IT! I put the fear of God in them about having children. I always answered any qustions that they might have about anything, I still do. Some things I rather not hear...but I still listen.

I told my daughter that if she got pregnant that she would continue school. When she came home no partying...it would be time to care for her baby! That child was hers NOT mine. My sons I told them if they got a girl pregnant they would still go to school but they would work and support that baby. They all knew I meant what I said to them.

When my children were growing up I worked  full time.  But, when I was done...I was HOME with my children. I did NOT go out partying as many do today. If I went anywheres...so did my children.

They thought we were the meanest parents alive. But, you know none of our 4 children were babies having babies. None of my 4 children had babies while they were in gradeschool, middle school or even high school. They are all fine adults.

As far as the children on your show today--TAKE the cell phone away and DO NOT give it back to them.
Zoe is lucky she has the parents she has as she would NEVER see a cell phone or a computer if she lived at our home. My heart did go out to Kyra. She is in my prayers.

When my duaghter was a teenager she had a phone in her bedroom. Her grades started dropping. I found she was on the phone late in the evening. So, I took the phone away from her. She was so angry with me. She informed me that she had bought the phone. This was correct. I gave her the phone back. But,  i got the scissors out and cut the phone line. I then told her that I paid for the line. No more problems and she graduated with a full scholarship to college!

Please parents....be parents....time for friends is when they are older. I was the meanest mom...Today I am best friends with all 4 of my children and enjoying being a mom/grandmother!