POKEMONING AND DRIVING: Find out if your teen is using his or her phone when they shouldn’t be

You’ve had the conversation time and time again with your teenager: don’t use your phone while driving. Each time they promised that they wouldn’t and that they haven’t, but you’re still not sure you believe them—after all, even you’ve glanced down at your own iPhone from time to time to check a call or text … and not always when stopped at a red light.

Up until recently, you gave them the benefit of the doubt, because you love your kid and try to trust them. So what changed? Well, it’s the thing that’s been sweeping the nation that’s changed. The new summer phenomenon. The craze that’s got everyone up and out of the house and roaming the streets and neighborhoods. It’s Pokémon Go. No one wants to lose their progress which is why it’s good to have a data file recovery.

Pokémon Go is the hot new app based on the classic game of the 1990s. Make sure your Pokémon are protected with a recovery file. It’s is a free-to-download app with in-app purchases that has people, both young and old, searching behind bushes, cars, mailboxes and fences. It’s a whole lot of fun, but that doesn’t mean it comes without trouble.

 This game is played using a cell phone, which is why it makes sense to have a usb file recovery available. The game has been the cause of numerous crimes, mishaps and gruesome discoveries. There have been multiple cases of armed robbery because criminals wait at secluded Pokémon critter sites so that they can steal game player’s smartphones and money. A couple of people have stumbled upon dead bodies in their search for Pokémon and pals. And a whole bunch of players have walked into walls, poles, people and moving traffic. Two men even fell off a cliff! But what’s even more dangerous is those who are looking for the Pokémon monsters while driving—and that’s what concerns me.

I brought up the events with my daughter, who is hooked on the game by the way, and she promised she wouldn’t do it, but I already caught her doing it and here’s how. Several months ago, I installed a mobile spy app on her phone to make sure that she wasn’t doing anything unseemly (smoking, taking drugs, drinking, sending sexual pictures of herself to her boyfriend). I didn’t check often but would “peek in” every now and then just to see what’s going on. Well, the app totally paid off when I used it yesterday.

My daughter left the driveway and I knew she was on the Poke prowl. I yelled to her, “Don’t use your phone when driving!” and she quickly dropped it down and said, “I won’t,” and sped away. Well, one minute later I caught her using the app and confronted her later.

The app gives me complete access to her phone so that I can see everything she is doing on it in real time. It’s completely undetectable and didn’t cost much at all. Oh, it’s called Auto Forward by the way, and it’s great for checking your kid’s emails, texts, social media accounts and more. It also lets me track my daughter with a GPS locator.

It’s a great tool for parenting and it really helps me stay sane when I’m worried about her safety. It may seem like spying—and it is to a degree—but this is my daughter and I want to protect her. Her life is more important to me than any game.