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      <title><![CDATA[One email on Sunday, and why we deleted the daily one]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Most weeks, you shouldn't need to open an app to know your kid is okay. Here is why ParentSEE sends one calm email a week, and what doesn't wait for Sunday.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Bark alternative that doesn't read your kid's texts]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wanting to know what they're on, without tracking where they are]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Parental control without reading their messages: what you can still see]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why not just use Apple Screen Time?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[What I Can and Can't See: The Design Choice Behind ParentSEE]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why We Built ParentSEE: A Different Approach to Parental Monitoring]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A privacy-first founder explains why existing parental monitoring tools didn't match his parenting values, and what he built instead.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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