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Comment on EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone

Mountain_Mike_420@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Please don’t give kids smartphones period. A smart watch is far less addictive and just as valuable to parents and kids (parents can track location, kids can still make phone calls and txt.) other suggestions are a dumb phone (think t9 txting), or just let them go phoneless.

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yaycupcake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I don’t think going phoneless would be a great idea because emergencies happen and people need to communicate but society would probably be better if kids weren’t glued to smartphone apps and social media from a young age. The smart watch or dumb phone idea makes sense to me though.

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- copd@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The emergency argument can be managed by not giving kids phone internet aceess (wifi or lte). Im sure there are products out there which fit that requirement
  
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majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Don’t they require smart phones to work though? All the ones I have had are all just BT devices which require a phone to do anything beyond tell the time

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- gray@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  There are several cellular capable watches.
  
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  - return2ozma@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    My Samsung watch works without a phone on Google Fi network. Watches get a free line.
    
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    PHLAK@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    On Google Fi the watch data “piggy backs” on the phone’s data. You still need a phone + phone plan.
    
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GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Or just give them a dumb phone.

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helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Garmin makes watches specifically for kids and seem to have a decent privacy policy.

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falk1856@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Anyone have a recommendation for a decent kids smartwatch with cell service? I got my son a Garmin Bounce and the text and the service sucked so we returned it.

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- prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You can find older Apple Watches for fairly cheap, I paid 10 bucks a month on T-Mobile for just the watch plan.
  
  You would need to have an iPhone in order to manage it but you can manage a watch for a kid that way. They have school mode for them so it just acts as a watch with emergency contact action at school.
  
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