Your child’s first phone: what do they actually need?
A practical UK guide to calls, WhatsApp, maps, screen time, social media and hand-me-down Android phones before secondary school.
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First phone guides
Useful answers for the first-phone decision: what a child needs, what can wait, and how a phone can support growing independence.
Topics we will cover as the resource grows
- First phone
- Screen time
- WhatsApp & social media
- School
- Setting up a phone
- Digital independence