Verizon Family Companion

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I agree with all the other negative reviews. Whoever made this up must’ve had an insane amount of trust issues. Not only had it ruined the relationship between me and my parents, but my brothers included. Our whole family fell apart Becuase of this app. Even though parents may have the right intentions, there is no good way to tell ur kids that u will start tracking them, controlling their data, and turning off their phones whenever it’s convenient. When u gave ur kids a phone, u gifted it to them, u may pay the phone bills every month, but ur TRUSTING ur kid to make the right decisions. U no longer should have to control their phone. It shows lack of trust and in result ur kids will begin to think that they can no longer trust u, turn to u, and count on u. Also it’s not really effective. Yes we’re kids/teenagers, but parents underestimate how smart we are. My brothers and I found out how to “hack” the app and went 3 months until our parents found out there was a way to override their control. In result they got rid of the app and just like that our family bond started to build again. If u think controlling ur kids personal phone is worth ruining ur relationship then by all means download this app. If u value and cherish the bond u share with ur kid then don’t even try this.

Wow, kids sure hate this app. That alone should let you know it does what it’s supposed to and if effective. In short this lets you control what your children do on their phones, who they can contact, where they are, etc. As a parent in the modern day this is what invaluable. As much as the teens are protesting, they are teens. They’re brains are full developed and they make horrible choices. Some will teach them a lesson and they need to make them. Some will ruin their lives. That’s what the app helps prevent. Driving excessively fast? You’ll know. Going to the bad part of town? You’ll know. Heading to brad’s house instead of studying at a friends? You’ll know!! Teens complain it’s an invasion of privacy. I see it as keeping them alive. The other advantage is time restrictions. The AAP recommends screen time of two hours or less per day. This allows you to easily enforce that. Plus limit access to age inappropriate sites. “But if you raised them better, you wouldn’t need this.” Please, the best teen in the world is still a teen. Why do you think you can’t rent a car until age 25? Between this, screen time and content restrictions you are empowered to actually parent your kids. If you’re a parent, get this, install it on your kids phones and setup screen time. Pick a good passcode and change it frequently.

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1 year ago my mom put this app on my phone. I was really upset because I thought she didn’t trust me to go to bed when I needed to. I’m gonna agree I was really bad in the past. I never went to sleep. But after a year I have changed and my parents still don’t trust me to go to sleep without getting on it. When I tell them that I am capable of going to sleep now without it on they don’t listen to me. It hurts me because I don’t think I can be trusted at all. I’m not a bad kid! I get A,B,C’s on my report card. I don’t sneak out. I don’t cuss. I do everything I’m supposed to do, and I actually listen to my parents 99% of the time. 2 days ago my mom added “School Hours” and Made my “Night Hours” to 8 O’clock pm and it used to be 10! My mom refused to listen to how I feel which made me so hurt I cried like 5 times that night and had so much an anxiety. She even took my messages off. It use to be I could text certain people and now I can’t. So when I wanted to talk to someone to help me calm down and get my life back together, I couldn’t. And I didn’t do anything wrong. This app makes me feel like I can’t be trusted which now me and my mom are not as close and we have never been so mad at each other In are life’s and it’s because of this app😕. If you want your kids to come to you when you need them too. And just trust you. Don’t get this app. It’s that easy...

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If I could rate this Zero I would! To all those parents who say it’s great and it’s just kids and teens complaining I can tell you that they obviously know more than you!! Short Story: At my school everyone had a phone it was 5th grade and they were really rude to me being all like “What’s your phone number.. oh WAIT you don’t have one” OR “When will you EVER get a phone!” They were RUDE but finally when I was going into 6th grade I got one I was happy with what I got but then I got this app you have no control whatsoever it takes me 10 minutes to install ONE app and it takes forever to have it approved! It can ruin relationships And makes kids feel they can’t be trusted. And don’t even get me started on SCREEN TIME!!! I’m only allowed to have 10 yes 10 contacts. And my parents are all like “well it’s not like you will need more!” Just to get it straight I have 4 grandparents 10 aunts 8 uncles 8+blood cousins 2 boy friends ( not dating just friends) 4 girl friends (just friends) 1 brother 2 parents...need I go on.... that’s about 36 people plus I have more than what I said I’m just estimating... And to all of you like well you don’t need all of them in your contacts BUT 39 people 39! ANYWAY I could go ON but I won’t this review has gotten too long so I’ll save you time.

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It ruins relationships. I feel like I can't talk to my friends about certain things because I know my mom see's every text. I don't feel comfortable telling her every single little thing. I struggle with my sexuality and thing like that, but I can never talk to my friends about it because I know she will see it and bash me for it later. Also, restricted texting. I can't text people after a certain time. It gets annoying especially when we are having a serious conversation and then the time limit hits and I can't respond to them or see what they are telling me. If you giving your child a phone, respect their privacy. I understand that you pay the phone bill, but how would you like it if we went through every single one of your texts and if we read all your emails and told you to drop a person you love because we don't like them. Parents please take under consideration that we are teens, we need our privacy. We would probably open up to you more if you didn't do things like this. Also, don't take our phones at night. Its ridiculous 🗿. Stop believing everything you read on Facebook and talk to your kid. Listen to your kid instead of a random Facebook Karen. Thank you for coming to my TED talk ✌️😔✌️