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My daughter is a teen and she loves technology. One of her favorite things is her smartphone, but man is our bill expensive. I want her to be able to get in touch with me whenever she needs to, but I also want to save money. As luck would have it, I recently learned about Zact, a no contract, nationwide mobile service.
Zact: Safe Cell Phones For Kids
What makes Zact so cool is that I can set curfews, text and data limits and more because of the parental controls. I love this because, even though my daughter is growing up, she doesn’t need to talk all night on the phone nor does she need to talk to random people she does not know. I can also control her phone remotely, if necessary, eliminating the need to take the phone from her, should I need to. Zact Mobile has The National Parenting Center seal of approval and the average bill is only $22 a month. Saving money and peace of mind. What more could you ask for?
It’s great that you can really adapt itto fit your own needs and to go by your limits. Good way to let your teen has some responsibility like a phone and texting but allows you to have some control for their safety and so they don’t go overboard. Very important
Zact Safe Cell Phone sounds like a great option for parents on a budget like we are. I finally gave my son a cell at age 16 and then it was only because he was into so many school activities. I wasn’t real happy about it but I knew it would make our lives so much easier. The schools used to be good at telling you what time functions and practices got over but not any more, at least not where he went to school. I would work all day drive an hour home just to drive another half hour to sit and wait another forty minutes in the parking lot of the school because the coach decided they needed more practice (guess he didn’t have a day job or other family to tend to). I was lucky that my son listened real good and did as I had told him when it came to rules that came with it or I could of spent a small fortune. Even though I did have a few surprise bills over the next four years. One was when everyone borrowed his phone while on a trip to Virginia with the Marching Band. A Zact phone would of saved me a $240 phone bill that month!
Oh my gosh! That is a big bill! I think I would have freaked out!
Kids and cell phones. I’m torn. In a way I say yes for safety reasons and no because of cost and kids being kids in general. I would want control over the usage and if they went over the time they would have to pay from their own money.
This sounds like a great plan, both cheap and safe! Thanks for the review!
I am glad they finally have come up with something to help with the monitoring the cell phone. It took long enough
I’ve got quite a few years yet before I have to make a cell phone decision for my kid, but I’m thinking 16 sounds good, and definitely not a smart phone!
Wow, we don’t have any kids yet….but someday, this will be awesome!
Monitoring cell phone use will be key with kids. I don’t even want to think about what it’ll be like when my kid has a phone…
I’m surprised at how young kids are with cell phones…..I agree it is great for safety reasons but I think kids are growing up way too fast!
This is great! What a good way to have peace of mind for parents!
The best part of this is that mom (or dad) can control the usage from their own phone. And $22/month? What a great deal!