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applegrove

(118,777 posts) Sun Jan 13, 2019, 10:52 PM Jan 2019

Father creates app that forces children to answer parent's texts

https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/national/sci-tech/2019/1/13/1_4251684.html

CTV News

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ReplyASAP, an app built by Nick Herbert, allows parents to send a message that locks kid’s phones until they reply to the message.

The idea for ReplyASAP came to creator Nick Herbert when his son, Ben, got a smartphone.

“I just found that my messages and calls tended to get missed quite a lot because he got a lot of social media notifications,” Herbert told CTV News Channel.

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Through the app, users can send a message that will be displayed over top of anything the recipient may be doing on their phone and sounds an alarm on the phone – even if it’s set to silent.

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Father creates app that forces children to answer parent's texts (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2019 OP

If my kids were still in school Control-Z Jan 2019 #1

I would think it would be useful. Just so long as the emergency number bypass applegrove Jan 2019 #2

You know what else works mercuryblues Jan 2019 #3

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

1. If my kids were still in school

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2019, 11:04 PM

Jan 2019

I would use it. They were little jerks when they weren't in the mood to acknowledge me. And that was often. Pissed me right off.

applegrove

(118,777 posts)

2. I would think it would be useful. Just so long as the emergency number bypass

Reply to Control-Z (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 13, 2019, 11:22 PM

Jan 2019

still functions with the app.

mercuryblues

(14,537 posts)

3. You know what else works

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2019, 11:30 PM

Jan 2019

shut the service off on their phone when they don't answer you. When I handed the phone to the kids for the 1st time I told them I paid the bill. When I call they answer, except when driving. When I had enough, I shut their phone off for 10 days. I only had to do it once. They are in their 20's now and still answer or respond within a few minutes.

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