What parents need to know before gifting their child a phone – WCNC

Are you gifting your child a smartphone this holiday? If so, there’s some things you’ll want to be aware of. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Before your child unwraps a new phone this holiday, experts say to make sure you set it up first. “Please keep in mind that smartphones have built-in free parental controls that come with the phone, whether it’s an Android phone or an iOS phone. And so before you let them unbox it, make sure you have unboxed it, charged it, and implemented those,” Titania Jordan, the Chief Parenting Officer of Bark Technologies, said.  Jordan said parents need to be aware of the fact that they’ll never know everything that is on their child’s phone.  “We as parents don’t even know where to begin to look like we might think,” adding “you probably don’t realize the nuances of Snapchat and Tiktok and apps that you’ve never heard of.” Jordan said to make sure to set some ground rules once you give your child a phone. “Those ground rules really are very easy to follow in terms of, we’re not going to use this device after a set amount of time at night. If you cannot have phones in…
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