Dumb phones for teens

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just get iPhone and set Safari limit to 1 minute and don’t approve any downloads. It will grow with them and they’ll save face in front of peers.

This

It doesn’t work. They can use WiFi and other ways to get around it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid has a flip phone with no navigation or tracking. He really likes it so I guess I am going to get some other type of tracking (like a Jiobit) as needed. I consider it a feature not a bug that he will need to learn to navigate on his own.

Do the tools we used to navigate as young people even exist now? I am not sure what navigating on his own would look like.

You can still buy city maps, and state maps. Most teens don’t need navigation to get around their city. We managed fine without gps navigation. I remember I would occasionally print out directions from mapquest at home before leaving. I imagine you can still do that from various websites

I relied pretty heavily on a book of maps with an index in the back. So you could look up a street name, and it would tell you to got page 72 square A4 or whatever. It was pretty cool. I just checked on Amazon, and don't see something like that for sale.

Yes, if you always decide far enough in advance where you're going that you can print out the directions at home, i guess that could work.

Road atlas, and yes of course they still exist.

[Anonymous]

It’s always the parents asking about dumb phones who give their kids unlimited iPad time. Every. Single. Time.

[Anonymous]

Just get him a smartphone and heavily resist it. In 2-3 years most start driving and it’s good to know how to use Waze or maps for directions.

In middle or HS they use apps for clubs and sports communication.

[Anonymous]

*restrict. Not resist

[Anonymous]

Life 360 app. shows exactly where they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s always the parents asking about dumb phones who give their kids unlimited iPad time. Every. Single. Time.

While complementing their own parenting and judging others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s always the parents asking about dumb phones who give their kids unlimited iPad time. Every. Single. Time.

While complementing their own parenting and judging others.

Nobody is judging you! And no, my kid does not get unlimited screen time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just get iPhone and set Safari limit to 1 minute and don’t approve any downloads. It will grow with them and they’ll save face in front of peers.

We didn't do exactly that, but only allowed app installation for Google Maps, and texting on our kid's iphone. It seems to be working, because they're not on their phone much and our kid complains that we've made the phone useless.

[Anonymous]

Bark Phone. You can customize what your kid has access to.