Mobile phone – Expat Since Birth – A Life spent "abroad" https://expatsincebirth.com a blog by a multilingual lifelong expat/international, linguist, researcher, speaker, mother of three, living in the Netherlands and writing about raising children with multiple languages, multiculturalism, parenting abroad, international life... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:12:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://expatsincebirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/expatsincebirthlogo2018.png Mobile phone – Expat Since Birth – A Life spent "abroad" https://expatsincebirth.com 32 32 A mobile phone for your child for Christmas? https://expatsincebirth.com/2012/11/24/a-phone-for-your-child-for-christmas/ https://expatsincebirth.com/2012/11/24/a-phone-for-your-child-for-christmas/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 21:55:43 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=444 Are you considering to buy a mobile phone for your child for Christmas (or Birthday)? Childnet‘s mobile phone checklist (using the UK Mobile Operators Code of Practice) is a great resource for making sure that all safeguards are in place. Mobile phones should be treated the same way as computers, as they have many of the same compatibilities. Here are some considerations that should be made for these devices:

1) Know how your child’s phone works (e.g. Bluetooth, Internet access etc.)

2) Agree the type of content that you would be happy for them to download, knowingly receive or send on to others

3) Save any abusive messages or inappropriate images for evidence purposes

4) Decide together what are acceptable bills

5) Encourage balanced use (switching off at mealtimes, bedtime etc.)

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