PROTECTING MY SELFIE DAUGHTER

I have a teenage daughter who loves to take selfies with her iPhone—I mean LOVES it. Too much if you ask me. I blame stupide Kim Kardashian and all the other bimbos of the Internet preening, posturing and posting all day long saying, “Look at me!” It’s pathetic. And I don’t want my little girl turning into that.

Right now, most of her pics—the ones I’ve seen at least—are innocent and fun. She snaps selfies of her and my wife, her and our dog, and her and her friends. They’re all fine so far—but I just know that at some point she’ll start taking more daring shots of herself, because of the girls she looks up to. She’s going to want to emulate the “stars” that monopolize social media and there are going to be guys looking at those pics, trading them online and masturbating to them—and that makes me sick to my stomach. I just know it’s going to happen because I’m a guy. I go on the Internet. I see everything, spyphone.

So what can I do to make sure she doesn’t end up as some Internet ho who everyone that I know and don’t know can see and fantasize about? Well, I’ll tell you. I installed a mobile spy app on her phone just yesterday, and while I haven’t used it yet to “spy” on my little girl, I fully intend to at some point—to make sure she doesn’t mess up or get preyed on by some perv or sextortion artist.

Look, she’s pretty, young and like most youngsters … naïve. She’s going to do dumb things outright and things that may not seem dumb, but really are when you consider the world today. A picture, text, email, or chat? They’re all forever—because the Internet is forever! You can erase things from your device, but once it gets out, it’s out there FOREVER. A bikini selfie on Instagram? Forever. A flippant remark about homosexuality on Twitter? Forever. A mean-spirited meme about fat people on Facebook? Forever. It’s all there forever and I don’t want my little girl’s reputation or safety jeopardized because she didn’t use a little self-restraint or proper discretion, android tracker.

I installed a product called Highster Mobile because of all the good word-of-mouth I found about it on the web. According to many of the parental reviews, it’s saved more than a few lives and has given many parents peace of mind. I tested it out yesterday and found that I could access my daughter’s emails, texts and calls. I could see what she’s doing on Twitter and Snapchat and view all of her photos and videos. I could even turn on her microphone and camera in case I need to see what she’s doing—and with who—and hear what’s being said, spy software.

I really don’t want to spy on my baby, but I have to make sure she’s safe and that she doesn’t get stalked by some sicko. I can’t be there all the time for her—and I definitely couldn’t be in her digital life—but now I can! I just hope that when I do catch her doing something unsafe, I can stop her sooner rather than later.