Wednesday 23 September 2009

Are There Cell Phones Just For Kids?

By Lanny Houghton

One day, your young child will come home and ask for a cell phone. This will happen because some other child in their class got one and now all the kids want one. Luckily, if you do decide to get one, you will have several choices of phones that are made specifically for young children.

If you are buying a cell phone for a young child, it should be one that is simple and easy to use. Most of the cell phones made specifically for kids have buttons that are programmable so that they can call you easily. All the important numbers they might need should be on those buttons and this should make them a little safer than they would be without one of these phones.

A childs cell phone works best with a prepaid calling plan that will protect you from the child running up the minutes. A prepaid plan can help teach your kid about how a phone works and how to use it responsibly while making sure they dont abuse it. The older the child gets, the less the need will be for this type of plan.

If you want to keep track of your child all the time, some of the newer phones come with GPS capabilities. This GPS tracker will allow parents to sleep better at night who have heard so many stories on the news of kids being abducted. GPS is not something that really has too many uses for the normal person but in a kids cell phone it is a great feature and well worth the money for the peace of mind.

Of all the cell phones made just for kids, a popular model is the Firefly phone that looks very cool. It has the programmable keys and a nice feature where it will only accept calls from numbers you have approved. That way, there will be no spam calls and you can be sure only the people who are approved will be able to contact your child. Kids like this model of phone because it looks great and then parents like it because it does a good job.

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