The MobileTracking blog

Guides for real families

Practical, up-to-date advice on screen time, online safety, apps and the messy business of raising kids with phones.

Gaming Safety

What Roblox actually is, the three risks that matter, and the fifteen-minute setup that makes it safe.

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Screen Time

How phones really wreck sleep (it's more than blue light), and the single highest-value rule to fix it.

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Digital Parenting

Why written rules beat rules in your head, what to include, and a ready-to-use template for the fridge.

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Social Media

A parent's field guide to the apps teens are really on, the risks, the settings, and the verdicts.

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Screen Time

What the research says, what's reasonable at each age, and why the number matters less than you'd expect.

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Gaming Safety

Past the reputation: the three things that actually matter in Fortnite, and how to manage each.

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Privacy & Ethics

The case for monitoring your child knows about, and a practical model any family can follow.

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Privacy & Ethics

What the law generally allows, where the lines are, and why consent matters more than you think.

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Setup Guides

A start-to-finish walkthrough for setting up parental controls on any Android phone, with the steps most guides skip.

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Content Filtering

Why most web filters fail, and how to block adult content on a phone in a way kids can't easily undo.

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