Mobile phones for pre-teens

[SueEllen]

Any idea if any phones O/S give poor old paranoid Dad control over the phone vs:

- what apps get downloaded (no snapchat or KiK thanks very much)
- child friendly internet connection

basically I want to be sys admin on the thing until she gets to 16.

Just give her a crappy android phone that can only really run one app at a time. Then there will be no need to attempt to control her. Otherwise she will just save up her own money and buy a phone.

[DaveB]

You can do it on an iPhone but you have to jailbreak it first. There is an app on Cydia that lets you run a VNC service on the phone and manage it remotely from your Mac. Not for the faint hearted though.

http://cydia.saurik.com/info/veency/

[darmstadt]

My HTC One M8 has a child mode: HTC One (M8) - Kid Mode - APPS & FEATURES - How-tos - Support | HTC United States

[Platypus]

Any idea if any phones O/S give poor old paranoid Dad control over the phone vs:

- what apps get downloaded (no snapchat or KiK thanks very much)
- child friendly internet connection

basically I want to be sys admin on the thing until she gets to 16.

dream on, you won't be sys admin until she's 16.

how old is she now? if 12 or more, just give her the phone, you can't stop what ever you're imagining might happen. you have to trust her

[Sean Key]

Any idea if any phones O/S give poor old paranoid Dad control over the phone vs:

- what apps get downloaded (no snapchat or KiK thanks very much)
- child friendly internet connection

basically I want to be sys admin on the thing until she gets to 16.