My dd had a firefly phone. It allowed us to program only numbers we wanted her to be able to call, and those we wanted to allow to call her. Unfortunately if you don't know the phone number of someone, you can't block it. We needed to set up a pin number too, so she couldn't just go in and change anything.
The phone itself doesn't have any numbers on it, just a mom, dad, emergency and one other symbol that I can't remember. We had it through Cingulair but I believe you can get them on their own, without a carrier and use minute cards.
Why would you even ask that? This is not about whether she should have a phone. I am always amazed at the way people jump to tell other people what their children should or should not have. It is none of my business what any other child than my own does or has unless it is a safety issue. The OP posted she has it because she is with the youth group often. We also did the same thing for our dd. She never goes anywhere without us that she does not have it. I guess it is like having a dime when we were younger. How many pay phones do you actually see these days?
And why shouldn't I ask that? Op wouldn't have posted if she didn't want responses, I'm not dissing OP. I grew up in the country, there were no pay phones anywhere. But my parents knew where my 10 year old little self was. As far as having a cell phone for safety, I think there great, and I absolutely would want a child to use one for an emergency. BUT for safeties sake is it really necessary for a 10 year old to have a cell phone and talk to whomever without the parents knowing who is on the other end?
