My son’s grades dropped last month and I think his constant texting is the cause. I’m wondering if putting spyware on his iPhone is really the only way to read his messages.
Nah, spyware isn’t the only way—if you share an Apple ID or he backs up to iCloud, you can see his messages on a Mac or iPad with his account and 2FA. But real talk: Screen Time only shows usage, not text content, so a calm chat plus checking the phone bill for patterns usually works better than spyware, which needs physical access and gets messy fast.