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RIIS has developed an iPhone App called You're Grounded. This simple app allows parents block Facebook, Twitter and Youtube on their wireless router at home.

The Concept

The idea for this app came to us from a client. She had joked that "grounding" her teenager and sending him to his room wasn't a true punishment. He'd rather be in his room socializing on Facebook, tweeting about his mean parents on Twitter and watching his friend's latest science-experiment-gone-wrong on YouTube.

We said, "You know you can block those sites, right?"

She knew that; but figuring out how to do it using her router's software was a task that she didn't feel confident taking on.

RIIS Results

"Hmmm...", we thought, "Non-techy parents need an easy way to manage the sites that their kids can access... there should be an app for that!"

Our team used their integration expertise and unique talents in straightforward, no-nonsense user interface design to create the easy-to-use app, You're Grounded.

It only took us a few weeks to pull it together, but the result is huge: the words "You're Grounded" will mean something again.

Now, when parents send their kids to their rooms, they can simply pop open the app, choose the sites to block and press the "You're Grounded" button.

Teens and tweens will once again be relegated to a socially disconnected bedroom where they can sit and think about what they did.

Future Versions

Future plans for You're Grounded call for more options to allow parents to block specific computers, additional websites and protocols and connect to a wider variety of routers.