Parental controls or message sync?

How can i view text messages sent to and from my childs iphone 4 on my iphone 4? Or is there an app to do so?

Your cellular provider most likely has some way for youu to view the amount of texts and possibly the numbers to which texts were sent and received, either by paper bill or online. There is no way to see the actual texts, though.

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