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Choosing the best cell phone for your child

It is quite normal for children to bug their parents for mobile. As a parent, it is quite normal for you to get apprehensive about buying a cell phone. You know that a mobile phone proves to be important for communicating to your child when emergency occurs and that cell phones are great for keeping track of your kids when out.

However owning a mobile phone is an added responsibility for the child as they have to keep track of the phone and be careful of how long they use the phone. In addition to this, they have to avoid swapping pictures and text messaging and all the other expensive add-ons that are available on mobile phones. This is why choosing the right cell phone for your child proves to be rather difficult with the many cell phones available in the market today.

The simplest phone available today is the Firefly phone which has no cameras, keypads, MP3 player or video playback. These are not essentials for the kid, and the phone is rather compact and lightweight. This makes it fit comfortably in the kid’s pocket or kiddie bag while the phone comes with a backpack clip and lanyard.

However the monochrome display of their phone is small; and not suggested for the child with eyesight problems. Despite this you find the battery life, caller ID, date, time and signal strength found on this screen. Though the Firefly is a small and limited phone, it offers a large choice by style with its see-through case. You can also buy extra color skins for your Firefly if you want.
The reason many parents prefer the Firefly is because of the control you have on your child with it. There is a phone book that can store 20 contacts, along with numbers for mom and dad. It is possible to protect the phone book and call screening function using a PIN.

With this done, the child can only receive phone calls from the numbers stored in the phone and not from unknown numbers. Moreover it is not possible to add numbers to the phone book unless the PIN is entered. Though the phone may display missed calls and call timer list, the child cannot accept voice mailbox messages.

There are no other functions here like there is no organizer and messaging applications. However Firefly aims at compensating for this with other functionalities. It is possible to choose your phone from various colors for backlights and screen animations.

It is possible to activate the light when charging the phone. There are 12 monophonic ring tones that can be allotted for different contacts of the phone book. And the lights that sparkle with each phone ring are sure to make your child happy.

It is rather difficult teaching responsibility to children. However with the help of the Firefly, you see that the child gradually learns responsibility of owning a cell phone. And with the phone available at a reasonable rate of $100, this phone could be considered the best phone for your kid.