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by Firedragon1911

I’m a teenager and parents, I can tell you right now, your kid will HATE you for installing mycircle. Not only does it cause a lot of unnecessary problems between my mom and I (to the point where we had to see counseling), but it is also a HUGE invasion of privacy. The worst part about mycircle has got to be the history browsing one. It not only blocks websites but it RECORDS the ones you’ve visited or have attempted to visit. This causes so much mistrust between the child and parent, to the point where I bought a second device and am constantly using VPN to block it out. As a teenager, we use our phones for everything and having our activity recorded is just not okay. Parents who don’t trust their kids don’t earn any respect from us, and it feels like they are insecure control-freaks. Instead, they could like talk to their kids or trust them to step up and tell you things. This just creates unhealthy habits and relationships. (Again, this is coming from a teenager- I understand using this for small children who are just starting to use the internet, but teenagers do not need it and it will only cause more problems. We will RESENT you guys for this, and remember it for our whole lives).

by - Youtuber, Sunny

Hello to whoever is reading this review.. but I am a teenager and I find this frustrating and annoying to have screentime. I personally feel like Circle is a great device for screentime but not really for us teenagers since we want our own privacy. Screentime has not only made me and my parents have a miscommunication but provoked much fights since I don’t like to be recorded and moderated since it feels like my parents don’t trust me. It bothers my studies as well since screentime somehow blocks my school websites and makes my internet twice as slower than before which causes interruptions. Screentime adds more stress to me in my opinion since if I’m doing something really important then in a matter of seconds screentime is enabled it just angers me since I’m a student who receives a lot of homework plus screentime enabling at the wrong moments.. it’s just bothering. If any parent is reading thi review, instead of installing this app try talking with your teen about limiting technology addiction for it will help reduce problems and help you have a better bond with you and your child.

Sincerely,
Anonymous

by Kat2334

this app has literally ruined my life i am 15 years old and i have absolutely no freedom on the internet my mom completely abuses this app. she pauses my internet at least 3 times a day and makes me do things for her to turn it back on. i've lost so many friends because i can't talk to them anymore. i've been in the middle of phone calls and she'll just turn it off. the first thing she does when she wakes up is turn off the wifi and makes me earn it. don't even get me started about online school, once my school is over she turns off the internet leaving me no time to do my homework and gets mad at me when i have missing assignments. i am a sophomore and i have a lot of homework. it's not easy and she doesn't make it better by not giving me the internet time i need. i haven't seen any of my friends for about 7 months because of corona and i can't even talk to them online because of my mom. she stalks every move i make when i do have the internet and i feel as if she has no trust in me. i just want to live a normal life she doesn't understand that my phone and computer is all i have it's all i have to talk to my friends and play games. she thinks i'm addicted to wifi because i constantly beg her to turn it on but in reality i just want to text my friends. she doesn't care because she's usually on her phone all day. she'll never look in the mirror and actually see what she causes but to her everything is my fault because i'm "obsessed with wifi".