An interesting new app - dubbed 'Ignore No More' - has been developed by a Texas mom, Sharon Standifird. The app, which has attracted the attention of a lot of parents, "forces" the children to have a check in with their parents.

The 'Ignore No More' app has been created by Standifird - mother to a teenage son named Bradley - after months of designing and working with developers. The app will "not" allow children to ignore their parents; and if they do, the parents will be able to remotely shut down the children's handsets.

The 'Ignore No More' app has been designed in such a way that the parents can disable all the functions of the kids' handsets, except a list of parent-selected contacts, with just one tap. For unlocking the handsets, children have to make a call to their parents get the password, and they can also always call 9-1-1.

About the app, Standifird said: "As a parent all I have to do is touch the app, tap his name, to lock Bradley's device, enter at least a 4-digit pin and now I'm going to press Lock Bradley's phone. And if you watch, Bradley's phone, it's going to go blank. Bradley needs to call me because I am the person who has the unlock password."

The $1.99-priced 'Ignore No More' app is now available for Android handsets on the Google Play store. An iPhone version of the app - which is currently being developed by Standifird - will also be launched soon.