I have read many of the post here and decided to try RADAR with my daughter. I honestly did not believe I would have any issues with my daughter. I would like to consider our relationship very open and honest.

I was pretty comfortable in believing my daughter did not have some hidden relationship or inappropriate adult contact.

What I did find out almost immediately was that my daughter was communicating with her boyfriend well past what I would consider reasonable hours. After the second or third notification past midnight, I put a stop to her late night phone use.

I was able to put her boyfriends number in RADAR as a not approved contact which allowed me a real time notification of when they were on the phone. This allowed me to immediately address her talking on the phone in the middle of the night.

I would hazard a guess there are many parents that have no idea how often and how late their kids are on the phone. 

Radar mom

As a mom, I would like to share my two cents regarding kids and discipline. Kids, though they don’t show it, want discipline. More importantly, they NEED discipline. Kids need someone to guide them through life, help them make decisions, and keep them on the right path in life. With the use of RADAR, hopefully my daughter will have that much more positive input from me regarding the decisions she makes, and I can stay a little more connected to her in her every day life.

Kids will do and say things on the phone or via text messaging that they would never say to their friends in person. Hopefully by knowing I am “looking over her shoulder” it will help her to make good decisions/choices, even when I am not around.

I had a relative share her disapproving opinion of my decision to sign my daughter up for RADAR. She told me it is too “Big Brother” in her opinion. Our children are our responsibility to cherish and protect until the age of eighteen. Children do not have a right to privacy as adults do. It is a parent’s job to do everything we can to keep our kids safe and healthy, and any preventative measure we can take puts us one step closer to that goal.

I truly believe my daughter is thankful I love her enough to spend the time, money, and energy worrying over her safety and doing my best to protect her. And she got a “cool” phone out of the deal. All her friends at school are jealous!