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[quote=Bambam]Considering upgrading our child's phone from a locked-down (but sort of open) Android that she has had since age 11 —to an iPhone, now at age 12. Almost 13.

Benefits:
-Money savings bc there are deals on our plan, instead of her having a little separate phone plan through the company Troomi. It’s not pricey, but the Verizon add a line is almost free for our situation.
-She gets the social benefit of an iPhone. I care about this about… 40%, only so she’ll stop telling us how people tease her. She is popular and handles it fine. She does have problems with group chats, one for a school club. And certain friends who she can’t text at all. I would happy to see these issues stop. 
-phone needs replacement after almost 2 years. She has taken care of it but you know how screens don’t last forever. I’d say it could be dead in 1-4 weeks.

But unsure if it's the right move given her behavior. Shes not terrible. But she’s not great either. And we’re headed into age 13, so it’s not that she’s awful. But we’re seeing signs of bigger things coming.

The current phone allows for parental controls, including monitoring texts, app access, browser limitations (but also what I loved about this service is how almost all of it CAN be opened up as time goes on).

Even with this phone fully opened up as much as it can be, there is:
-No FaceTime or video chat apps at all.  Exception: kids messenger which can hook to Facebook too (with parent approval, ugh). So, not cool. Her friends aren’t the Facebook type anyway.
-No social media apps
-as i stated earlier, the issues with group chats would continue.

She got it on her 11th birthday, going into 6th. She wouldn’t have even gotten a phone if it weren’t for this company. I see going to the next level, but am I ready?

Now she’s coming up on 13 and 8th grade. Gossip with friends is picking up. It was easy the last 2 years. She has a boyfriend and they text almost daily. The knowledge that we can read texts prevents issues. But we don’t sit and read all of them. What do you know about deleting texts on Apple, if we wanted to spot check her device?

Thoughts on this whole thing?[/quote]

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