Comments on: Facebook Monitoring Solutions for Parents

By: Mary Kay

Mary Kay — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:04:46 +0000

Hi Charles,
In our testing, we received notifications for everything you mentioned EXCEPT a password change. Though your experiences may be different, this review is purely a reflection of our own experiences with the software.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:23:56 +0000

GoGoStat Parental Guidance does provide notifications for several scenarios – when the child adds/removes friends on Facebook, when the child posts a text with unapproved content (e.g. drug, sex etc), when the child posts any photographs, when the child posts their real birthday or contact information and when the child changes their passwords or blocks the monitoring. So it is not true that there is no notification when the child changes the password. If there is an issue, you should contact their support – they do offer free support as well.

By: Mary Kay

Mary Kay — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:14:05 +0000

Hi Cynthia – Thanks for reading!
These are great tools to help you monitor, but keep in mind that Facebook was made for teens and adults, hence the 13-year-old requirement. If you have little ones, I recommend they check out Yoursphere.com. It’s made by kids and for kids, and there’s much more fun and positive things for them to do. I really think they’ll love it!

By: Cynthia Samuels

Cynthia Samuels — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:57:18 +0000

Thanks for these reviews. EyeGuardian sound like the app of choice for this sort of thing – and just in time too. Because I hear all these awful news stories of how dangerous Facebook can be, especially for teens and tweens. Too bad we live in a world of online posers, but thankfully this will give me Facebook parental control and let me track what my kids are doing so I don’t end up as a statistic!

By: KenS

KenS — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:04:19 +0000

Of course, there are also computer monitoring programs (like our PC Pandora) that will not only show you what your kids are doing on Facebook, but will also show you maybe the secret Facebook accounts you don’t know about. Not to mention they will show you everything else your child does on the computer and the Internet, not just Facebook.
http://www.pcpandora.com

By: GoGoStatPG

GoGoStatPG — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:06:00 +0000

We will be sure to let you know. Thanks again!

By: Mary Kay

Mary Kay — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:29 +0000

Hi Shelby: There’s lots you can do, and we can help.
I’m glad you reached out. I’ll message you privately.
Best.
Mary Kay

By: Mary Kay

Mary Kay — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:10:14 +0000

Hi Michael,
Thank you for the update! Please keep us informed of your premium application. We’d love to keep our parent audience in the loop!
Best,
Mary Kay

By: GoGoStatPG

GoGoStatPG — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:06:29 +0000

Hello,
My name is Michael, I do product marketing for the creators of GoGoStat Parental Guidance. Thanks so much for your review of our free application! We just wanted to clarify a few things, though. While it is true that Parental Guidance stops monitoring if the child changes their Facebook password, it is inaccurate to say there is zero notification to the parent. In this scenario, the parent receives an email notification after the child has changed their password. The email notification looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/RwyTL.jpg. Also, we found that the reason why it took over 24 hours for your parent to receive notifications on the child in your particular test was due to the child’s Facebook password change. In the future, we will have a premium version of the application that will keep parents notified of everything in less than 24 hours. Thanks for giving us a chance to clarify these things with your readers, and thanks again for taking the time to review GoGoStat Parental Guidance! Keep up the fantastic work you do.
Thanks,
Michael

By: Shelby

Shelby — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:57:16 +0000

My daughter who is 10 years old, was about to “meet” someone she met through texting on a DSI chat room. The story she used to go outside was fishy and so her plan was stopped JUST IN TIME! (I didn’t see anyone outside thank goodness) But, Is there something I can place in that system which would prevent her from texting, or which I could monitor?
Paniky in Seattle