An app that
allows parents to lock their children’s phones if they are ignoring their calls
Parents,
please note. If your kids ignore your calls, use this app to lock their
smartphones immediately to get their attention back.
The controversial “Ignore No
More”, which promises to “helps parents get control back over their child’s
phone”, will be fully available on iPhones from March after launching for
Android phones last year.
Parents simply install the
app on their phone and their child’s phone, tap their kid’s name and enter a
four-digit code to lock their device.
When their phone is locked,
kids can’t “text, surf the internet, play games or look at Facebook”, the app’s
creator, tough Texan mum Sharon Standifird, said.
“What they can do is call
the parent back to get the password to unlock their phone,” she said.
The 47-year-old dreamt up
the app after getting no response from her two kids to several calls and texts
asking them to let the dog out one day.
“I was so frustrated with
this recurring event,” she said.
Ms Standifird had “zero
experience” in the field. She had served in the army for more than 10 years,
and worked as a teacher before becoming a technology trailblazer.
“It’s is not about punishing
the child — it’s a tool to try and correct a behavior,” Ms Standifird said.
Ms Standifird said parents
usually bought and paid the bills for their children’s phones, and therefore
had a right to control them.
Parents have developed
further uses for the app, such as locking their child’s phones after bed time,
while they were doing homework, and during school.
