I searched and read through the first two pages of results and didn’t see anything. So sorry if this is a repost. But, with tech changes so frequent, maybe it doesn’t matter.
Our older daughter is 12, about to be 13. Current circumstances, and those in the near future, have made it so that it would be better for us if she had a phone. A phone. Not a social-media/mental-health-crisis-creating device.
I assume there are such things? We’d like her to be able to call and easily text. Don’t want internet access, don’t need photos (although not opposed, I suppose)l don’t need apps or email...
I know I can google this. What I’m wondering is if any of you, my anonymous friends on the internet, have had any recent experience in this realm that you can or would like to share.
A flip-phone seems logical, like the Alcatel Go Flip 3, but three-letters-per-button for texting is annoying (and I’m old enough to remember just how annoying...).
IDK if there’s a way to have an iPhone or similar that has all internet-related access shut down and no apps? There are benefits to us having her have an iPhone since both her parents and her local grandmother are all on iPhones. Find friends, iMessage, etc would all be helpful. I just don’t know if we can do all that without allowing for any sort of online activity.