Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Kids have always been a little difficult.
Technology may have made things worse, as the young tend to know more about tech than their parents do.
They know, for example, how to ignore mom and dad and do whatever they like.
Nick Herbert found this a touch frustrating.
Kids have a habit of simply not replying to texts. Not because they're bad kids, but, well, they're doing something more interesting on the phone -- like playing a game.
So, as CBS News reports, Herbert conceived ReplyASAP. This is an app (currently available only on Android) that forces your child to address your texts.
By annoying the living hell out of them.
[...] Herbert insists that ReplyASAP is meant to be used only in emergencies. This isn't about annoying your kids all the time, however tempting that might be.
Indeed, he told me that it's not about forcing your child to reply. Instead, he said: "It is simply a means of getting an important message to the child, even when they have their phone on silent, and for the parent to know they have seen it."
[Ed Note - Updated Google Play link to correct a typo]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 29 2017, @11:33PM
I'm scratching my head about that as well. Heck, I didn't even carry quarters for the payphone; it was "1-800-CALL-ATT" (for collect calls, to those too young to remember) and when it asked for my name the answer was "Mom, come get me". She'd deny the charges and show up 10-15 minutes later.
I got my own phone at the very timely age of 18, but that was unlimited voice calls only for the first couple of years, with $0.10/sms which went almost entirely unused.
A book detailing just how I survived this harrowing ordeal should be out as soon as I finish negotiations with the publisher, and ensure that the statute of limitations for neglect and abuse has passed so as to keep my parents from being locked up.