re: Parents Only Thread- Childs first cell phone

I'd call your AT&T local rep and see what they say. We gave my son his grandmother's old Samsung something or another phone and he can use it to call or text but no internet access. The majority of the time we use ti to call him in for supper when he 's out in the neighborhood playing with his fiends.

One piece of advice I'd give to any parent of a kid that they're giving a phone, tell them up front that this is not really "their phone". This is your phone that you are allowing them to use. They should have zero expectation of privacy from you on this phone and you can and will inspect the phone whenever you like.