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BEST. Parent. App. Ever.

Does this sound familiar Mom and Dad?  You buy your kid a smartphone so that you can reach them at a moment’s notice and know where they are. Then you…

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Does this sound familiar Mom and Dad?  You buy your kid a smartphone so that you can reach them at a moment's notice and know where they are.

Then you call them them, and of course it goes straight to voicemail.

And you wait for a reply.

And you wait for a reply.

So you call again.

And you wait for a reply.

And you wait for a reply.

Well, NO MORE!  You are guaranteed to get a call back now thanks to  Nick Herbert.  He's created an Android app called, "ReplyASAP," that will render your kid's phone completely unusable until he/she check in.  It's simple for them to unfreeze the phone...just call Mom and Dad back.

Now, not everything on the phone is frozen — the app makes texts “unmissable between people that matter, since important messages shouldn’t be missed.”

And for now it is only available for Android, although it can't be long for IOS, right?  PLEASE?!

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.