For parents, monitoring their kids online raises all sorts of conflicting feelings

Here are five skills that tech might be eroding in your child. (Common Sense Media/TNS)

Megan Brannan admits that she used to be the prototypical "overbearing" mom. 

Every night, she would check the phone of her 14-year-old son, Calvin, to see what he'd been doing and with whom he'd been talking. She'd scroll through his Instagram and Snapchat feeds, then do a deep dive into his web browsing history.