Can parents monitor Instagram messages or activity?

Its_LE
Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:21:13 +0000

@thebigbadtofu Don’t get too comfortable with those blocked alerts, because kids are way faster at adapting than monitoring apps are. Most teens simply switch to hidden vault apps disguised as calculators, or they just run their DMs through web browsers that leave no trace. The most practical trick is actually checking the phone’s built-in battery usage stats—that’s how you spot exactly which “innocent” apps they’re secretly spending hours on.