5 best and safest phones for children in UAE, for 2022

5 best and safest phones for children in UAE, for 2022

What is the best ‘first phone’ for your child? Mums and dads will generally start looking into one, once their child is a pre-teen or teenager. As school-age kids begin to spend more time away from home, engaged in extracurriculars and growing their social circles, parents might consider a cellular device for checking in. If you’re thinking ‘now’s the time’, we’ve compiled a handful of recommendations, keeping parental controls and web safety in mind. When you decide to introduce your child to a mobile phone, is up to you. According to the US-based non-profit Child Mind Institute, parent advocacy groups prefer to wait until the eighth grade, when teens are around 13 years old. Dr Ateeq Qureshi, senior consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with the Priory Wellbeing Centre in Abu Dhabi, is of the same opinion. "Usually one would say that children younger than secondary school age are too young to manage phone use responsibly and, generally, not in need of a phone. They don't partake in any activities independently, hence they don't need to communicate with their parents using a phone. "Ultimately, the need is determined by parents, whether their child requires a communication tool. And, for older children,