--- description: The "Ignore No More" application locks teens Android phones until they call mom or dad back title: Mom Creates Ignore No More App to Lock Teens Phones image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad4926e6f38d95fc/69869fddadae44540254491b/iphone-teenager.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Teenage Kid Ignoring Your Calls? There's an App for That by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2014 12:45 PM CUT  TEENTECH TEENTECHGetty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2014 12:45 PM CUT A New York mom got so sick of her teen kids ignoring her calls she [created an app](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/08/15/frustrated-mom-creates-ignore-no-more-app-to-get-teen-kids-to-return-calls/ "undefined") so they couldn’t. Sharon Standifir, the creator of the “[Ignore No More](http://ignorenomoreapp.com "undefined")” smartphone application, told [CBS New York](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/08/15/frustrated-mom-creates-ignore-no-more-app-to-get-teen-kids-to-return-calls/ "undefined") that after repeatedly having her calls to her teens go unanswered, she researched how to develop an application that would shut their phones down until they called her back. And so, that’s what she created after working with developers for months. The $1.99 app, which is currently only available for download on Android phones, allows parents lock their kids’ phones from a separate device, forcing them to call a list of select numbers (including 911) in order to gain access to the device. “No calls to friends, no text, no games, notta’ until they call you back. When they do, you can unlock their phone if you choose to do so,” reads the application’s website. “How’s that for parental control?” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3135763/ignore-no-more-mom-app/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3135763/ignore-no-more-mom-app/"},"headline":"Teenage Kid Ignoring Your Calls? There's an App for That","datePublished":"2014-08-18T12:45:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:58.896Z","description":"The \"Ignore No More\" application locks teens Android phones until they call mom or dad back","url":"https://time.com/3135763/ignore-no-more-mom-app/","keywords":["Tech","Living","Teens","apps","Family","Android","Moms"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad4926e6f38d95fc/69869fddadae44540254491b/iphone-teenager.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad4926e6f38d95fc/69869fddadae44540254491b/iphone-teenager.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iphone teenager","caption":"iphone teenager","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3135763/ignore-no-more-mom-app/","name":"Teenage Kid Ignoring Your Calls? There's an App for That"}}]}] ```