# The kid phone

A first iPhone that is safe to hand over: calls, messages, school apps, and no way to grow the rest.

## Who it fits

- A first phone, where the store, the browser and the feeds simply are not part of the deal yet
- Kids who need a real smartphone: glucose sensors and other medical devices, school portals, transit. A basic phone is not an option for them, and an open iPhone is not either
- After an incident, as a reset that keeps the phone useful

## What stays

Calls, Messages, FaceTime, Maps, the camera and Photos, Music, school and medical apps. The phone should be one the kid is proud of, not embarrassed by.

## What goes

The App Store, the browser (or everything but an approved list), the feeds, open-chat games. Adding an app later is a parent decision at the Mac.

## Worth knowing

- Screen Time workarounds are a genre kids trade openly; supervision removes the negotiation surface instead of rationing it
- The honest limit: a determined teenager with a computer can factory-reset the phone. That is visible and wipes it; pair the lock with a conversation
- The per-app pages for Snapchat, Roblox and TikTok cover the specific arguments

source: https://tinyphone.app/modes/kid-phone