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<blockquote data-quote="Tiapet" data-source="post: 573869" data-attributes="member: 455"><p>I knew of Kajeet and all the other phones. We are on family plan so she was to get a phone based on that. I toyed with a plain phone. This was a decision made based on her current abilities and my abilities with programs out there to block everything. The point of the post was a warning of what kids can find and get around, even when you put things on. </p><p></p><p>I had blocked most things as it was from her. As I said, she exploited a tiny opportunity window she had to the fullest. The phone she started out with was an old phone (passed down) while her official phone (new) came in. 1 week time frame and during it she learned how to manipulate the program as well as things that were available to her on the phone, including things that were on locked down parental controls. She had time controls as well. You name, it's on it. We are far from being "not" tech savvy in this house so to say that we didn't know what we were doing is not true at all. It truly would have been hard to get around us. It's just that kids CAN and ARE learning from each other ways to get around any kind of controls you can put on a phone and really it seems the only thing you can do, and I now KNOW for fact, is either NOT give a phone or one that can only do calls if you have to worry about a difficult child or you encounter such things. You just can't be niave in thinking that your child WON'T do it or "can't" do it as we did in this case. We did not think she had the knowledge or the ability to think about "how" to do these things.</p><p></p><p>I guess the better way to put it is, as I've posted over time, her cognitive abilities display as if she has some MR issues. We are always questioning "does she get it or does she even care". A puzzle no one can figure out due to how she displays. She's had testing and although there shows only slight deficits in certain areas, she doesn't have MR but STILL can't do things she should be able to do (like math, telling time properly, etc). We still put all controls on anyway as we do for other difficult child irregardless. But for her to have found ways to circumvent it? We would not have suspected her to think on that level. Shocking somewhat I guess. The thought process. What she did otherwise, not so much. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiapet, post: 573869, member: 455"] I knew of Kajeet and all the other phones. We are on family plan so she was to get a phone based on that. I toyed with a plain phone. This was a decision made based on her current abilities and my abilities with programs out there to block everything. The point of the post was a warning of what kids can find and get around, even when you put things on. I had blocked most things as it was from her. As I said, she exploited a tiny opportunity window she had to the fullest. The phone she started out with was an old phone (passed down) while her official phone (new) came in. 1 week time frame and during it she learned how to manipulate the program as well as things that were available to her on the phone, including things that were on locked down parental controls. She had time controls as well. You name, it's on it. We are far from being "not" tech savvy in this house so to say that we didn't know what we were doing is not true at all. It truly would have been hard to get around us. It's just that kids CAN and ARE learning from each other ways to get around any kind of controls you can put on a phone and really it seems the only thing you can do, and I now KNOW for fact, is either NOT give a phone or one that can only do calls if you have to worry about a difficult child or you encounter such things. You just can't be niave in thinking that your child WON'T do it or "can't" do it as we did in this case. We did not think she had the knowledge or the ability to think about "how" to do these things. I guess the better way to put it is, as I've posted over time, her cognitive abilities display as if she has some MR issues. We are always questioning "does she get it or does she even care". A puzzle no one can figure out due to how she displays. She's had testing and although there shows only slight deficits in certain areas, she doesn't have MR but STILL can't do things she should be able to do (like math, telling time properly, etc). We still put all controls on anyway as we do for other difficult child irregardless. But for her to have found ways to circumvent it? We would not have suspected her to think on that level. Shocking somewhat I guess. The thought process. What she did otherwise, not so much. :( [/QUOTE]
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