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Here is a list of 8 apps which you can use to see if your child is hiding something for you.

BEACON TRANSCRIPT – Are you fresh out of ideas when it comes to keeping an eye on you rebellious, teen kid? Well here are a couple of ideas, because we are in the age of technology, where we would rather use an app to keep tabs on our kid knows right from wrong, instead of providing him or her with a proper education. Anyway here are eight great apps for stalking tees from the comfort of your living-room.

The number one item of out “teen-stalking” list is a little application called Secure Vault for Apple. Both Apple and Android store have a vault, a top-secret, hush-hush place where your kid can keep his naughty pictures and videos safe. Of course, they are encrypted with codes and passwords so that no one will know the contents of the Vault of Doom.

The second item on the list is something out a James Bond movie. KeepSafe is the name of the application. Basically, it’s another vault-type app, which can be used to encrypt videos, photos, secret messages and journals, but with an added twist. If someone is attempting to log in and doesn’t known the master password, KeepSafe uses its frontal camera in order to take a quick pic of the offender.

Number three is an app called Calculator%. It looks and feels like any other calculator, but touch a few buttons, and it magically transforms into a secret vault where you can store your stuff. And it also has a function to quickly revert the app to a calculator is someone enters your room.

And now we’ve reached the fourth item on the list called ASKfm. It is basically a hush-hush social media platform were troubled teen can ask legit question about things they are bothered by. However, the platform is quite notorious for its suicide streak after several users were cyberbullied.

Snapchat is the next item on the list. While the social media platform look innocent, sometimes it can take screenshots, even after you’ve deleted a photo or a video. On the subject of social media platforms, there is another one called LINE. Users can share thoughts, videos, text messages and even photos. The only downside of this app is the in-app purchase functions which may leave your credit card dry.

The last two items of our list are called kik and BurnNote. To put in simpler terms, kik is for sexting. Moreover the app doesn’t have any parental controls and anyone can lie about their age. As for BurnNote, it can be used to exchange secret messages, which are usually removed after the recipient read it. However, the sender and the recipient might not be the only ones to read that message.

Well, that’s all on the subject of teen stalking. Here are eight great apps for stalking your children just for the fun of it.

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"Social Media may Lead to Sleep Issues "

Using Facebook or other social media sites or a regular basis may deprive us of some of those well deserved z’s.

BEACON TRANSCRIPT – A new survey performed by the University of Pittsburgh has revealed that teens who tend to spend more time on social media may develop sleep issues. The study shows that social media may lead to sleep issues.

We all can attest to the fact that there were many times when we just couldn’t fall asleep. The most sensible solution would be to fire up your phone or your table and take a quick gander at the newsfeed, to check up on our friends.

This habit may be viewed as a good soporific, but in the long run, it seems to do more harm than good. This is the conclusion reached by a group of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, who wanted to investigate the effects of social media on our sleep patterns.

In order to seem to what degree is social media usage capable of affecting our sleep cycles, the team of researchers performed a nationwide survey. The questionnaire had 11 questions, each of them focused on how frequently did the participants used the social platforms.

The survey involved more than 1.700 participants, with ages between 17 and 32 years-old. To measure the impact of social media on sleep patterns, the researchers included some of the most popular social media sites in their survey, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat and Tumblr.

Jessica C. Levinson, a post-doc researcher and the author of the study pointed out that this is the first research project which definitely proves that social media may lead to sleep issues. Moreover, the post-doc researcher stated that the participants who engaged in outdoor activities, with their phones switched to silent mode, are less likely to develop sleep issues in the long run.

Furthermore, these subjects have a better sleep quality and generally, in better help than others. According to the number provided by the study, it would seem that approximately 30 percent of the participants involved in the project had sleeping issues. Each of them would spend an average of 61 minutes per day on social media platforms, cumulating a grand total of 30 visits in a week’s time.

And those who spend more time per day on social media have a 50 percent chance of having problems falling asleep and staying asleep.

Doctor Levinson concluded that those who choose to use social media for too long are prone to develop sleep related issues. Moreover, this study provided and insight on how to increase the quality of sleep by allotting more time to outdoor activities and less time checking out what our best friends posted on our wall.

Social media may lead to sleep issues if we spend more than 1 hour per day or if we use it in order to fall asleep. This happens because the display of our device is capable of stimulating our brain, driving away those long sought z’s.

The article was published online in the journal of Preventive Medicine.

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Eight Great Apps for Stalking Teens

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