DON'T IGNORE ME

 MOM CREATES APP TO CONTROL CHILD'S PHONE

This is such a GREAT idea.   My daughter is already cringing at the thought that I am getting this app but honestly, I don't know why.   She is actually pretty good about responding to my texts.  She knows better! She would lose her cell phone privilege if she did not answer me. She knows not to ignore me!

Nonetheless, I love the app and I think the mother who developed the app is brilliant!

Houston mom creates app to control child's phone

One local mom took control and invented an app that her kids and yours can't ignore

HOUSTON (KTRK) --

For parents of teenagers, not knowing where your child is can be frustrating, even frightening. Giving them a cell phone doesn't always mean they'll answer.

That's why one local mom took control and invented an app that her kids -- and your kids -- can't ignore.

Sharon Standifird was livid the day she called and texted her children and they didn't respond.

"It went from a frustration to a worry," Standifird said.

Once she knew they were safe, but ignoring her calls, she got an idea.

"We need to develop an app that just shuts their phone completely down and they can't even use it," she said. "I got on the internet and I literally just started researching how to develop an app."

Her husband said he wasn't surprised.

"Anything she's really set her mind to, she's done," William Standifird said.

She has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and has even served in the Gulf War.

"We did patrolling as military police. So we did convoys, security, escorts and things like that," Sharon Standifird said.

Becoming an app developer was just one more challenge for this mom on a mission. After months of design and working with developers, the 'Ignore No More' app was born.

"This is the parent phone and this is the child phone. As a parent, all I have to do is touch the app. I simply tap his name," said Standifird. "To lock Bradley's device, enter at least a 4-digit unlock code below. I'm going to re-enter it and now I'm going to press 'Lock Bradley's Phone.' And if you watch Bradley's phone, it's going to go blank. Bradley would pick his phone up and once he activates his phone, he's going to see that it's locked."

With one tap, a list of only parent-selected contacts comes up. The child can call someone on that contact list and get the password to unlock the phone.

"It takes away texting, it takes away gaming, it takes away calling their friends, surfing the internet. If there's an emergency, the child will always be able to call 911. It's a feature that no developer can take off the phone," she said.

How does her son feel about it?

"Well, I thought it was a good idea, but for other people, not me," Bradley Standifird said.

But mom says the app appears to be working.

"I do have to say that he responds to my texts and my calls a whole lot quicker than he used to," Sharon Standifird said.

The Ignore No More app is $1.99 and only available for Android phones on Google Play. To download it, click here.

Sharon Standifird is working on an iPhone version that will be released soon.
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