Avalanche Mobile launches SMS monitoring service for parents

Link: Letting Parents Monitor Children’s texting.

Avalanche Mobile has launched a software plaform that enables parents to see who is messaging their child, block suspicious SMS and temporarily suspend the messaging function of their child’s mobile phone during school hours or other quiet times.

The system can also permit important messages from themselves or other whitelisted family members to get through during the "down time".

With children as young as 7 or 8 being given their own fully functional mobile phone, I think this service makes good sense.  It’s just as important for parents to supervise their children’s internet usage.