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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 37564" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We got difficult child 3 a mobile phone. We used an old, not very up-market handset (easy child's old one) and bought a cheap pre-paid card to run it. This puts a cap on how many calls he can make because if he runs out of credit, he will tell us, fast. As it turns out he is very good about not overdoing it.</p><p></p><p>He was 11 at the time, had to go to school a half hour's drive away from home and we had a car pool of parents doing the driving, so he didn't always know who would be collecting him. I could text him to confirm pick up details and he could ring me if he was anxious.</p><p></p><p>The school had a rule that all mobile phones had to be turned in each morning to the office. They would have made an exception for difficult child 3 due to his anxiety, but he was using the phone to ring me through his school day, which was not acceptable, nor did he need to. So he had to turn in the phone. But it still helped him when he most needed it - for the trip to school, or going home. Any variation in the travel and he would get anxious. With the phone he could ring me to let me know of any change, such as "Mum, Chris's dad has stopped off to do some shopping, we'll be about an hour later than usual."</p><p></p><p>There is a new type of mobile phone out now that would have been my choice if it had been around back then - it's called Tic Talk.</p><p></p><p>The phone numbers are pre-programmed in by the parents, set by the parents and the phone cannot dial any other number, nor can it text. The child selects phone numbers 1, 2, 3 or 4, or emergency. The parent's phone is billed, or we can use pre-paid.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if it's also Tic Talk that has GPS capability, parents can set the phone to restrict the child's access to certain locations. So if the child goes out of bounds, the phone beeps to warn the child, and the phone also sends out a signal to email the parents to let them know that little Johnny is down by the wharfs again.</p><p>And at any time, out of bounds or not, the parents can go online to track exactly where their child is.</p><p>So if Jenny is walking home from school and stops off to visit her friend Hannah, instead of panicking Mum can either ring Jenny's phone, or have a peek online. (I just checked when I dug a bit deeper - yes, I think this DOES have GPS or similar).</p><p>This phone looks like a palm-sized, streamlined stylised padlock, it easily clips onto a schoolbag and is no use to anyone who steals it because they can't unlock it to access the data and be able to program it to other phone numbers. What use to a thief is a phone that only rings the owner's home number?</p><p></p><p>It's got other useful educational games on it, too - it is from Leapfrog, so it's not surprising.</p><p></p><p>I suspect kt would love one.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p><p></p><p>PS I just did some more digging and found the one I remembered seeing reviewed. This one DOES have GPS, but from what I read I think TikTalk does too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 37564, member: 1991"] We got difficult child 3 a mobile phone. We used an old, not very up-market handset (easy child's old one) and bought a cheap pre-paid card to run it. This puts a cap on how many calls he can make because if he runs out of credit, he will tell us, fast. As it turns out he is very good about not overdoing it. He was 11 at the time, had to go to school a half hour's drive away from home and we had a car pool of parents doing the driving, so he didn't always know who would be collecting him. I could text him to confirm pick up details and he could ring me if he was anxious. The school had a rule that all mobile phones had to be turned in each morning to the office. They would have made an exception for difficult child 3 due to his anxiety, but he was using the phone to ring me through his school day, which was not acceptable, nor did he need to. So he had to turn in the phone. But it still helped him when he most needed it - for the trip to school, or going home. Any variation in the travel and he would get anxious. With the phone he could ring me to let me know of any change, such as "Mum, Chris's dad has stopped off to do some shopping, we'll be about an hour later than usual." There is a new type of mobile phone out now that would have been my choice if it had been around back then - it's called Tic Talk. The phone numbers are pre-programmed in by the parents, set by the parents and the phone cannot dial any other number, nor can it text. The child selects phone numbers 1, 2, 3 or 4, or emergency. The parent's phone is billed, or we can use pre-paid. I'm not sure if it's also Tic Talk that has GPS capability, parents can set the phone to restrict the child's access to certain locations. So if the child goes out of bounds, the phone beeps to warn the child, and the phone also sends out a signal to email the parents to let them know that little Johnny is down by the wharfs again. And at any time, out of bounds or not, the parents can go online to track exactly where their child is. So if Jenny is walking home from school and stops off to visit her friend Hannah, instead of panicking Mum can either ring Jenny's phone, or have a peek online. (I just checked when I dug a bit deeper - yes, I think this DOES have GPS or similar). This phone looks like a palm-sized, streamlined stylised padlock, it easily clips onto a schoolbag and is no use to anyone who steals it because they can't unlock it to access the data and be able to program it to other phone numbers. What use to a thief is a phone that only rings the owner's home number? It's got other useful educational games on it, too - it is from Leapfrog, so it's not surprising. I suspect kt would love one. Marg PS I just did some more digging and found the one I remembered seeing reviewed. This one DOES have GPS, but from what I read I think TikTalk does too. [/QUOTE]
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