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I read the original post on the first day itself and was disgusted with the poor approach, but refrained to reply as didn't want to write anything inappropriate ... anyways others have more or less written what i felt. Anyway.. being a useless kid to my parents I was very much fascinated with relation between how the kids turn up and how their their parents were. I kind of kept notes of how well/bad my friends are doing and how nice/bad/cool/strict/lenient their parents are. And honestly till date I have now been able to find a definitive pattern. Kids of very cool parents have grown up to be total f-up and others with very unloving ( at least superficially ) have excelled in every field... But having said that, there are couple of things that I believe weigh a lot. If your parents are cool, then when you f-up in life then there is always a guilt that you are hurting someone who cares for you. That feeling is not that strong when kids are distant with their parents. But then sometimes that guilt can lead to very serious consequences... Also I believe that what kind of company the kids keeps, defines their overall understanding and behavior. And i think that parents can control to an extent what kind of company their kids are keeping. This is a very complex process with lots of if/and buts and counter arguments. Have spent lot of booze sessions with friends on same and the topic never ends... So even I wont start with verbal diarrhea and just say - "Be near and dear to you kids ... so that they believe that you are the first person to come to when they are on cross roads and don't know which which way to take." All The Best.

After looking 1st post it reminds me the character of dad and son of 2states as well as UDAAN . What i feel is that their should be trust from both side that is from parent as well as the children. The first thing that parents must spend the time with their children(s). The second is to discuss whats good and whats bad for them. But this discussion should be 2-way communication. Spying on kids is not the right way. Its like you r the james bond and trying to attack on villain. Sent from my VS950 4G using Tapatalk 2

Spying on kids could never be the answer. I gave mobile to my son when he was in Class Vth. He is now in Class XIIth and he keeps his phone locked and even denied my friend request at Facebook. Lol.... But it's Okay for me. As a parent we have to understand that our children too needs some space. I do not have any issue with my son using Smartphone till I have confidence in him. He knows his limits. Democracy to children is a must now a days otherwise as Shadow said above, they will become desperate and that is not good. Teaching a child what is good for him / her will be the best your friend can do as of now. And no spy software will help him because children are more aware than their parents and if anyhow they realise that their parents has installed spyware in their smarphones than they will use other methods to hide the things which your friend will never get to know. Better to have trust in your children and let them have trust in you.

Got engaged to my childhood friend... :-) Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

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Some amount of monitoring can be done by Android lost as well. Letting child learn what is judicious rather than what is moral can save parents from Los of problems. And caste, creed and same religion sort of concepts are now out dated. Need to be forgotten. Absolute freedom and trust makes men responsible.

even before people had smart phones they ran away the problem is not with the smartphone its because of dumb people:) talking to your children and telling them what is right and what is wrong is the right solution. the more you keep them away from things the more desperate they will become.

I think educate chid about future plans (Education + Income Stability) and also let them ASSURE that you will NOT FORCE any BRIDE or GROOM on him/her in future but will take his/her consideration too may solve the problem to some extent.