What makes the perfect first phone
All the safety of a dumbphone.
The practicality of a smartphone.
The first phone does not need to do everything. With SafetyMode, you decide exactly what it does: calls to approved numbers, location sharing, Google Maps, and nothing else until they are ready for more. Simple to start with. Powerful when you need it.
The numbers behind first phones
53%
of children have their own smartphone by age 11, rising to about 7 in 10 by age 12
Common Sense Media, 2019
Age 9-11
The age range where most children get their first phone.
Common Sense Media, 2019
WHAT A PERFECT FIRST PHONE SHOULD DO
Safely locked down, selected extras only.
Dumbphone set-up
The extras that matter
THE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP Movement
Start locked down. Open up as they grow.
Consensus amongst child education experts is growing towards one idea: digital access should grow with digital maturity. Start with the basics. Add features as positive habits are built. Raise a child who knows how to use technology, not just one who uses it.
2 hours
the upper limit of recreational (non-educational) screen time per day recommended by child psychiatry experts for school-age children.
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Facts for Families No. 54
Be involved in their digital growth
Children whose parents take an active, autonomy-supportive role with technology develop healthier habits than those left to self-regulate. Start it right.
“Universal Ingredients to Parenting Teens,” peer-reviewed review, 2022
