For as long as teenagers have been sexting, creating rebellious subreddits, and simply spending all their time glued to devices, parents have been trying to put a stop to the digital madness.

A new app for Android allows parents to set and control restrictions on their children’s phones and tablets from their own devices.

Once TimeAway is installed on devices of both the parent and child, the parent can monitor usage and downloads, track the device’s location, block downloads of eyebrow-raising apps (we’re looking at you Snapchat), set time limits for specific apps and even pause the device for certain time periods such as for dinner, homework or bed. Read more…