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Thoughts on Privacy-First Parenting
Essays on digital trust, child safety, and building technology that respects families.
A Bark alternative that doesn't read your kid's texts
If you want to know which apps and websites your child uses, but you don't want anything scanning their messages, here is what ParentSEE shows, what it never sees, and when Bark is the better fit.
Wanting to know what they're on, without tracking where they are
If the question on your mind is what your child is doing on their phone, not where they are standing, a location app answers a different question. Here is an alternative that has no location data at all.
Parental control without reading their messages: what you can still see
You can know which apps and websites your child uses without reading a single message. Here is what that shows you, what it gives up, and how to choose.
Why not just use Apple Screen Time?
Apple Screen Time is free and good at control. Here is what it does well, what ParentSEE does differently, and how to tell which one your family needs.
What I Can and Can't See: The Design Choice Behind ParentSEE
Most parental monitoring tools read children's messages. I built one that doesn't. Here's what I can see, what I can't, and why I chose that tradeoff.
DNS Monitoring vs. Content Monitoring: What Parents Should Know
Not all parental monitoring works the same way. Here is the difference between seeing the addresses your kid visits and reading everything they type. Only one of those choices respects trust.
Why We Built ParentSEE: A Different Approach to Parental Monitoring
A privacy-first founder explains why existing parental monitoring tools didn't match his parenting values, and what he built instead.