How's My Child? Report

Joey goes beyond real-time alerts, analysing your child's full messaging and search history to reveal their emotional wellbeing, relationships, and safety.

Executive Summary

Joey shows healthy communication patterns for his age. He regularly uses positive language and humor, creating friendly and supportive interactions with peers.

Key Finding Assessment

Child's Emotional Well-being
Online Relationship Success
Digital Safety Status

Contact Verification

6

6 contacts awaiting verification

Review Contacts

Safety Flags

7

7 safety flags detected that may require your attention

Review Flags
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See What Really Matters

Joey transforms your child's online activity into a clear report on safety, emotional well-being, and relationships.

Francis

Francis

Age 11 · iPhone 15

Last Sync Today
24,561Messages
6Contacts
7Flags
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We call this the How's My Child? report

It might sound like an unusual name for a report, but it captures the question every parent really wants answered: How’s my child?

This was the first feature Grant developed for Joey. After loading his son’s messaging history into a database, he had the information in one place. The next question was the one that mattered most: what did he actually want to understand as a parent, and what would you want to know about your own child?

That question brought Joey to life. Grant began with three simple but important questions about his child’s online world.

Today, the report brings together insights about your child’s safety, emotional wellbeing, and relationships.

What Parents Want to Know Most

In designing Joey, we conducted research with hundreds of parents asking them: "If you could know any 3 things about your child's online world, what would you want to know?"

From this research, we identified the top three concerns about their children's digital lives. These are the insights that inspired our innovative approach.

Online safety concerns

Strangers, cyberbullying, inappropriate content

87%

Interactions & communication

Who are they talking to & concerning topics

72%

Mental well-being & happiness

Emotional state, bullying, inclusion

64%

See our research and survey results

We surveyed parents/guardians to learn what matters most in their kids' online world.

Read the research

Three simple yet profound questions

Three simple yet profound questions

Understanding What Matters Most

Joey analyses your child’s online activity to answer the questions that matter most to parents, so we developed the “How’s My Child?” report around these three questions.

  • Is my child safe?Monitoring risks and warning signs to protect their well-being.
  • Is my child happy?Insights into mood, emotional health and signs of distress.
  • Do they have healthy relationships?Tracking connections, conversations and interactions with peers.

There was a moment when I had 10,000 of Francis's messages in a cloud database. For the first time, I could ask meaningful questions about my son's online world and understand what happens when a child gets a new iPhone. But which question should come first? What would you most want to understand about your child and their online world?

How’s My Child? Report

  • SafetyRisk and warning-sign insights
  • Emotional WellbeingMood and emotional-health insights
  • RelationshipsConnection and interaction insights
Child using smartphone showing digital activity monitoring with safety indicators

Your Child's Complete Digital Picture

Digital Wellbeing Insights

Our report answers these three profound questions by bringing together clear insights about your child's online safety, emotional wellbeing, activity patterns, and social relationships.

The How's My Child? report provides comprehensive insights across three key areas working together to give parents a complete picture of their child's digital life.

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Safety Insights for Parents

Joey's Smart Flag System

Joey checks your child’s online activity across supported platforms and uses Green, Yellow, and Red Flags to show what may need attention. Each flag gives you clear context so you can decide whether to check in, start a conversation, or act straight away.

Green Flag

No concerning patterns were found in the activity reviewed.

Yellow Flag

Something may need a conversation with your child.

Red Flag

A serious concern may need your immediate attention.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The report wraps a week of activity into a simple snapshot across 3 simple, yet profound questions: 1. Is my child safe? 2. Is my child happy? 3. How are my child's online social relationships going? Additionally, the report includes message volume trends, new and active contacts, a breakdown of Smart Alerts by risk type (bullying, strangers, PII, money/gifts, etc.), and a short narrative summary you can review with your child if you choose.

You'll get an updated report each time you run a Joey Desktop sync. Most families sync about once a week, so the How's My Child? report becomes a weekly pulse on how things are going.

Yes. When those integrations are enabled on the Joey Plus plan, the report includes relevant Smart Alerts and activity signals from Snapchat, YouTube and Google, alongside iMessage.

Yes. Your reports are encrypted, stored securely and only visible inside your Joey account. We never sell or share this data with advertisers.

Yes. You can download or screenshot key sections and share them with the other parent, caregivers, or professionals supporting your child. By default, the report stays private to your family.

Joey looks for patterns in language and behaviour over time: spikes in conflict, withdrawal from friends, repeated put-downs, and other signals linked to emotional distress. The report turns those patterns into simple explanations and talking points, rather than exposing every message.

Yes. The report is designed to support healthy, age-appropriate conversations, not punishments. Many parents use it as a neutral way to say, here's what I'm seeing. How are you feeling about your online world this week?

No. Joey can highlight when something might be wrong, but it is not a therapist or doctor. If Smart Alerts or reports suggest serious risk, you should contact local support services or professionals in your country.