Ignore No More is a simple app. It was developed out of a simple need parents have: to know if their child is safe. Unfortunately, teenagers aren't very cooperative and this prompted one mom to step up and show her children that she won't be ignored.
Sharon Standifird is just like any other parent. She just wants to know that her children are ok so she checks up on them. But her children won't answer her calls. It was her frustration that pushed her to turn to apps for a solution, not just using one but creating one in the process. Thanks (or no thanks) to her children, Ignore No More was born.
"Ignore No More! is an easy to install app that gives parents control back over their children's phones. If children ignore repeated calls and text messages to reach them, with Ignore No More! you simply lock their phones until they call you back. That means no calls to friends, no text, no games, notta' until they communicate with you," explains the app's site.
Ignore No More was Standifird's solution to her problem and what millions of other parents have been dealing with for years. Aside from forcing children to never ignore calls from their parents, some say it can also be used for other purposes that would require locking a child's phone, like when they're grounded or something simpler as getting them to go to sleep already.
But while parents may be celebrating the creation of the app, others have expressed concern over the potential abuse that Ignore No More can bring. What if it was an overbearing spouse who wanted to install it for their partner? What if an abusive ex enters the picture?
While the potential for abuse is real, Ignore No More clarifies requires that devices must be manually paired as "parent" and "child" in a household account. A "parent" cannot simply tag a device as a "child" through a phone number so that should offer some level of comfort to anyone wanting to avoid problems with their past. To prevent unauthorized registration, it is better to ensure that devices are not physically accessed without permission.
Even when a "child" device is locked, it will retain enough functionality to call emergency numbers listed, including 911 and parents' phone numbers.
Ignore No More is only available for Android devices at the moment.
