A Parent in Your Pocket or Purse

One feature of having a cell phone is that you can always be reached by Mom or Dad. Now there are apps that help parents keep track of what is on their kids' cell phones. Is this good parenting, or overkill? NPR reports.

Questions...

•Are these apps appropriate, or creepy?

•How much privacy should a 10-year-old have? How about a 15-year-old.

•Has today's communications technology made young people more independent, or less independent?