Kids And Their Techie Devices-How Can Parents Keep Up?

In a world of technology that well surpasses anything that has ever been experienced by any generation in the past, how can parents keep up?  Just about every time you turn around that teenager is on the laptop, home computer, or on their cell phone…click, click, click…. Laugh…click, click, click…and on it seems to continue forever.  The world is so much different than it was even simply one generation ago and parents, even the good ones, are struggling to maintain pace with all this new technology and the language that goes along with it.
 
Words not having vowels can make the messages perplexing and parents might need to use an interpreter simply to be able to read and understand what these messages mean.  Accessing this information is usually complicated for parents that don’t comprehend the way this technology works and the majority of kids are experts at covering their tracks.  They know how to delete their history on the computer and even the cookies connected with that history and nearly all delete their text messages so that no one will be able to see them in addition to their call history.

Let’s face it we're dealing in a world where parents are handicapped as compared to their children who were raised in this tech-savvy world.  As a parent, however, you really do need to know what your sons and daughters are doing and who they are talking to and there are a few ways to achieve this.  You can start by requesting that the cell phone company supply you with access to the call and text logs.  This will make it possible for you to see the numbers of all those that they are talking with and at what time of the day and night.  Unlike talking on the phone, your teenager can text all night without making a peep so you need to know when they are on the cell phone.

Another fantastic thing that parents can do is install a key logger program on their computer, cell phone, or both.  This kind of program is fairly priced and can help you to uncover everything that they are saying while they are on the web.  Having the ability to access chat logs and e-mail information in addition to the information that they are posting online on sites like Facebook and My Space can help you to better have an understanding of your teen.

Discovering a way to access this internet information is only half the battle as you'll probably have to research some of the text and chat codes to find out what they are talking about.  For the most part if you do an online search you should be able to find out relatively quickly what most of the codes mean.