inkey$ wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:10 pm
Calls and texts are the priority, but here are lots of SIM only deals at dirt cheap prices for decent data. Could I just get one of these and trust my iPhone setup skills to cover anything he shouldn't be bumping into online, or are there other dedicated SIM options for kids out there?
Believe me calls and texts will NOT be a priority (for him at least). Kids do not send texts via SMS anymore and they NEVER call anyone. Everything is done via instagram, tiktok, whatsapp, etc. You name it he will get it (or want to get it cos all his mates will be on them).
At eleven, chances are he will be at home mostly, so data usage isn't too much of a problem (can use home wifi).
I got my daughter a phone (at 11, six years ago), put it on my Vodafone account with minimum data. She never went over the data limit.
Now at 17 she is 'on' her phone every minute she is not at school (and probably there too!). She uses the home wifi about 80% of the time and has around 20gb data a month (IIRC).
She never goes anywhere near her data limit, even now.
You can set alerts for data usage, so it's just a case of teaching him how to keep an eye on it (and threatening him with many many things if he goes over).
Good luck and remember with fondness the days before he had a mobile phone when he actually spoke to you. Cos he won't from now on!
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