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[quote=Anonymous]pinwheel phone are locked down but you can add apps to them as needed.  It will not allow you to add certain apps, like snapchat or tiktok even with parent approval. But a lot of the team type apps work.

My teens will never be on a smart phone with unfettered access to the internet nor will they be online at home in non public spaces.  They have adhd and are more at danger of impulsive and addictive behavior that smart phones and sm engenders. Their brains need to develop as much as possible before they have unfettered access. I don't believe there is any protective mechanism of getting it early when parents can help guide them.  It is more powerful than us and I've talked to many parents IRL who watched their kids make potentially life altering mistakes despite their being involved in guiding them, including a sextortion scam victim (he was fine but only because he reached out immediately when it happened to an adult though not his parent). My kids will learn through other kids' mistakes, even ones in the news, rather than their own is my hope.

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