随着您的孩子长大，他或她可能会要求智能手机作为生日礼物或作为圣诞礼物(Christmas present)。
对于儿童和成人一样，这些设备会带来一些风险，除非您有一些控制措施，否则您无法避免这些风险。
如果您想购买孩子的第一部智能手机，并且想知道孩子们可以选择哪些应用程序，本指南将带您了解您需要了解的所有移动家长控制。
为孩子购买(Your Child)智能手机(A Smartphone)的挑战
智能手机既有趣又便携，但也存在一些风险。孩子们可能会在自己的设备上花费数小时上网、观看YouTube 视频(YouTube videos)和玩游戏等。
除了可能接触成人内容和其他不适当的网站外，孩子们更有可能打破甚至丢失智能手机。
这就是为什么您需要采取措施监督孩子的互联网访问，决定可以发送哪些电话和短信，并限制在社交网络应用程序(networking apps)上花费的时间。
继续(Follow)了解哪些移动家长控制可以帮助您降低此类风险，确保孩子的安全，并在孩子使用智能手机时让自己安心。
你应该在孩子的智能手机上放什么(Smartphone)
在您将智能手机交给您的孩子之前，了解他或她将如何使用它以及它将给您的家人带来的好处非常重要。主要目的是在他们不在家时与您保持联系，或者当您不在家(t home)并且想知道他们的情况时与您保持联系。
然而，智能手机带来了更多好处，例如拍照和视频、研究家庭作业、在社交网络上与朋友保持联系、玩游戏或访问他们喜欢的程序。
与您的孩子谈论这些事情，以便他们了解使用智能手机的好处和危险。您还可以就互动和消费内容的类型与您的孩子达成一致，他或她将如何负责任地使用手机。
塑造此类对话的最佳方法之一是与您的孩子签署家庭协议，( signing a family agreement with your child)以便他们了解自己在使用智能手机时的限制。
完成后，请按照以下步骤为您孩子的智能手机设置正确的移动(right mobile)家长控制，然后再将其交给他或她。
1.设置手机并输入密码
无论您选择的是Android 智能手机还是 iPhone(Android smartphone or iPhone)，您都需要先进行设置，然后再将其交给您的孩子。对于Android手机，设置一个只有您（父母）知道密码的Google 帐户，并启用将其链接到您自己的智能手机而不是您孩子的智能手机的双因素身份验证。(Google account)
您仍然可以使用Family Link为您的孩子创建Google 帐户(Google account)，但这仅限于美国用户(United)。(States)当您需要同步联系人、照片和其他数据，或者当您想使用Google Play 商店(Google Play Store)时，此Google 帐户(Google account)会有所帮助。
如果您的孩子不使用电子邮件，您不必在智能手机上启用Gmail 帐户(Gmail account)，因此您可以转到Settings > Google account settings并取消选中“同步 Gmail(Sync Gmail) ”框。
如果您想为家人设置一个Google 帐户(Google account)，您还需要有一台 Android 设备(Android device)。当家庭成员想要跨设备共享付费购买时，或者如果您允许您的孩子使用您的付款详细信息通过他自己的手机支付购买时，此帐户会派上用场。
要创建家庭Google 帐户(Google account)，请转到Google Play并打开Menu Settings > Account。
如果您已经进行了设置，请点击家庭(Family )，然后点击管理家庭成员。(Manage family members)如果没有，请注册以设置家庭帐户(Family account)。
在此处，您可以通过输入您的家庭成员的 Gmail 地址来邀请他们。一旦他们通过自己的手机接受，您可以转到您孩子的个人资料并选择仅付费内容(Paid Content)、所有内容(All Content)、仅应用内购买或无需批准模式。
在安装或购买(installation or purchase)之前需要批准的任何内容都需要您在自己的设备或孩子的手机上输入密码。
对于 iPhone，您首先要为您的孩子创建一个Apple ID ，而不是让他们(Apple ID)使用您(use yours)的。此外，您的孩子将来可以在长大后使用它，并且无需您的帮助即可管理手机。这在设置过程中是必需的，并且允许从App Store 或 iTunes Store(App Store or iTunes Store)下载。它还用于Find My iPhone、FaceTime、iMessage 和其他功能。
接下来，使用孩子的Apple ID设置他或她的 iPhone。如果您在共享的家庭计算机(family computer)上进行设置，请确保同步您孩子的特定数据，以便手机只包含您孩子的信息(information meant)，而不是其他人的信息。
设置密码有助于保护您孩子的智能手机免遭窥探，并且万一丢失或被盗，陌生人将无法访问(gain access)您的家庭信息(family information)。
使用您和您的孩子可以记住的密码或锁定图案，或者，如果可用，使用(passcode or lock pattern)FaceID（孩子的脸）或 Touch ID（您的手指和孩子的手指）以获得额外的安全保护。
请记住(Remember)向您的孩子解释为什么他们不应该向其他人透露图案、PIN 或密码(PIN or passcode)。
2. 设置家庭账户
家庭帐户可帮助每个家庭成员访问彼此的应用程序购买(access each other’s app purchases)，而无需重新支付。此功能主要在 iPhone 上找到，允许家庭成员访问 iTunes、Apple Books 和 App Store 购买(Apple Books and App Store purchases)并免费下载内容。
这也是一种省钱的好方法，可以确保家庭中的每个人都拥有类似的应用程序和内容。不过，您可以隐藏成熟的购买，这样您的孩子(child doesn)就无法访问它。
如果您想听音乐，例如，您可以获得Apple Music的(Apple Music)家庭订阅(family subscription)，并从 iTunes Store流式传输数百万首歌曲。或者，您可以将它们保存到您的 iPhone 以在离线时收听。此外，您的孩子还将有很多音乐可供选择，因为您最多可以与六个人分享。
3.添加位置和跟踪
当您孩子的手机丢失或被盗时，定位和跟踪(Location and tracking helps)会有所帮助，因此您无需更换它。如果是 iPhone，请设置“查找我的 iPhone(Find My iPhone) ”，它使用内置GPS来跟踪和查找手机。它还可以通过互联网锁定设备或擦除其所有数据，这样小偷就无法访问它。
对于Android智能手机，您可以从(Android)Google Play 商店(Google Play Store)中选择一些应用程序，例如免费的Google查找我的设备(Find My Device)，或者只需在手机的设置(Settings)中打开位置(Location)。
您还可以安装一个儿童跟踪应用程序，以便在您的孩子不在家时监控他们的位置。(s location)
4.实施移动家长(Mobile Parental Controls)控制(Place)
应在您孩子的手机上设置移动家长控制(parental controls)，以确保他们不会访问不适当的内容(access inappropriate content)，或在手机上花费过多的时间。
您可以启用的一些控件包括：
- 为您的孩子购买SIM 卡(SIM card)时，请检查您的移动运营商(mobile carrier)是否为孩子提供特殊计划和选项。
- 从您的服务提供商(service provider)的自助服务选项和您孩子的电话设置中禁用移动数据使用。相反，将其加入您的家庭WiFi 网络(WiFi network)，以便您可以监控使用情况。
- 一个安全、对儿童友好的浏览器，可限制对不当内容的访问。
- 阻止(Block)显示或包含(display or contain)不当内容的网站。
- (App)相机、书籍和视频商店(book and video stores)、音乐和视频(music and video)通话的应用程序限制。您还可以过滤电影、电视节目、音乐和播客(music and podcasts)等媒体，只留下您的孩子可以观看或收听的内容。
- 限制应用内购买(Limit in-app purchases)，因为如果孩子在游戏和其他应用中无意购买额外的附加组件或应用内购买，他们可能会支付巨额费用。
- 限制(Limit)孩子智能手机的屏幕时间。如果是 iPhone，请使用屏幕时间功能(Screen Time feature)设置孩子每天可以使用手机的时间长度限制，甚至限制他们可以打电话、发短信或 FaceTime(text or FaceTime)的人。对于Android手机，使用免费的Google Family Link 应用程序设置每日(Google Family Link app)手机使用(phone use)时间限制，安排禁用手机，并一键阻止手机访问(block phone access)。
5. 安装适当(Appropriate)的儿童友好型应用程序(Kid-Friendly Apps)
孩子们喜欢(Children love)玩游戏，并在智能手机上观看卡通和电影等视频。考虑到这一点，您可以在孩子的手机上找到有趣的应用程序和安全的应用程序。(fun and apps)
Google Play Store 和 Apple 的App Store都充满了很棒的程序和精彩的游戏，还有您的孩子可以在学习新事物时享受的教育应用程序。还有适合所有年龄段儿童的家庭作业应用程序、免费短信应用程序等。
其中一些应用程序是免费提供的，而另一些则需要预付费用和服务费，但通常，您孩子的智能手机已经安装了一些游戏，并且可以访问Facebook 和 Twitter(Facebook and Twitter)等流行的社交网络。
如果您想过滤孩子可以下载的应用类型，您可以使用 Google Play 的家长控制（Settings > Parental Controls）。对于 iPhone，请前往Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions。
点击iTunes & App Store Purchases > Don’t Allow。
6.获取屏幕保护膜和保护套(Screen Protector and Protective Case)
孩子的智能手机上必须有屏幕保护膜和保护套，因为孩子们容易掉下东西或粗暴对待(screen protector)它们。(protective case)如果您想防止手机损坏，请购买一个好的保护套(protective case)，以防止手机掉落时造成任何损坏。在这种情况下，屏幕保护膜可防止屏幕出现裂缝或划痕以及其他可能导致手机无法使用的损坏。
如果可以的话，为您孩子的 iPhone购买 AppleCare 延长保修，或者如果您愿意，可以购买(AppleCare Extended Warranty)手机保险(phone insurance)，但如果您有一个好的手机壳和屏幕保护膜(phone case and screen protector)，则没有必要这样做。
(Best) 首次使用儿童的(A First Time Child User)最佳智能手机(Smartphones)
您可以根据您的喜好为您的孩子买一部Android 智能手机或 iPhone(Android smartphone or iPhone)，或者如果他或她年龄较大，您可以询问他们更喜欢使用哪一款。
当您确实要购买一部手机时，请不要超支，因为孩子们可能会丢失、掉落、摔坏或将手机浸入水中。您可以为您的孩子购买几种经济实惠的智能手机选项，但我们仅提及四种以帮助您入门：
这款手机提供了孩子们在玩游戏或打开应用程序时会喜欢的速度。此外，它还具有深度的移动家长控制功能，您可以使用它来限制孩子对设备的使用，例如远程安排孩子无法使用 iPhone 的时间。包括应用程序(App)限制以设置您的孩子可以使用任何应用程序的时间，以及用于监控其使用情况的活动报告。您还可以阻止应用程序购买和下载。
这款价格适中的智能手机具有漂亮的显示屏和良好的分辨率，而且它的尺寸适合您的孩子（尤其是青少年）观看电影、视频和玩游戏。它的速度不错，电池续航一整天，前置 8MP 摄像头(front camera)可用于自拍，后置双 12MP 和 5MP 摄像头可拍出好照片。
这是一款低成本的智能手机，易于追踪、广泛使用，并且可以处理您孩子需要的基本应用程序。
如果您不愿意给孩子买一部您认为在交给他或她几天后就会坏掉的手机，请购买CAT S41。这是一款坚固耐用的手机，可承受高达六英尺的跌落和撞击。
此外，它还防尘、防污、防刮擦，并具有IP68(IP68 rating)防水等级。它的 5000mAh 电池可以持续使用数天，因此您知道他们不必经常为手机充电，因此您可以高枕无忧。
Buying Your Child’s First Smartphone? Here Are the Best Mobile Parental Controls
As yoυr сhild gets older, he or she will probably ask for a smartphone either for theіr birthday or as a Christmas present.
For children, as with adults, these devices come with some risks that you can’t avoid unless you have some controls in place.
If you’re looking to buy your child’s first smartphone and are wondering which apps for children to pick, this guide will take you through all of the mobile parental controls you need to know.
Challenges of Buying A Smartphone for Your Child
Smartphones are fun and portable, but they also come with several risks. Left to their own devices, kids may spend hours surfing the internet, watching YouTube videos, and playing games, among other things.
Besides the potential exposure to adult content and other inappropriate sites, kids are more likely to break or even lose the smartphone.
This is why you need to take steps to supervise your child’s access to the internet, decide which calls and text messages can be sent, and limit the time spent on social networking apps.
Follow along to find out what mobile parental controls help you reduce such risks, keep your child safe and give yourself peace of mind as your child uses the smartphone.
What You Should Put On Your Child’s Smartphone
Before you hand over the smartphone to your child, it’s important to understand how he or she will use it, and the benefits it will bring to your family. The main purpose is to stay in touch with you when they’re away from home, or when you aren’t home and would like to know how they’re doing.
However, smartphones come with more benefits such as taking photos and videos, researching homework, keeping up with their friends on social networks, playing games or accessing their favorite programs.
Talk about these things with your child so they can understand the benefits and dangers of using a smartphone. You can also agree with your child how he or she will use the phone responsibly in terms of interactions and the kind of content to consume.
One of the best ways to shape such a conversation is by signing a family agreement with your child so they know their limits when it comes to smartphone usage.
Once that is done, take the steps below to set up your child’s smartphone with the right mobile parental controls before handing it over to him or her.
1. Set up the Phone and Put on a Passcode
Whether you picked an Android smartphone or iPhone, you need to set it up before giving it to your child. For Android phones, set up a Google account whose password only you (the parent) knows, and enable two-factor authentication linking it to your own smartphone, not your child’s.
You can still create a Google account for your child using Family Link, though this is only limited to users in the United States. This Google account will help when you need to sync contacts, photos and other data, or when you want to use the Google Play Store.
You don’t have to enable the Gmail account on the smartphone if your child won’t be using email, so you can go to Settings > Google account settings and uncheck Sync Gmail box.
If you’d like to set up a Google account for the family, you need to have an Android device as well. This account comes in handy when family members want to share paid purchases across devices, or if you’ve allowed your child to pay for purchases from his own phone using your payment details.
To create a family Google account, go to Google Play and open Menu Settings > Account.
Tap Family and then tap Manage family members if you had already set this up. If not, sign up to set up the Family account.
From here, you can invite your family members by typing their Gmail addresses. Once they accept from their own phones, you can go to your child’s profile and select Only Paid Content, All Content, Only in-app purchases, or No approval required mode.
Anything that requires approval before installation or purchase will require you to enter your password on your own device or on your child’s phone.
For iPhones, you’ll start by creating an Apple ID for your child, instead of letting them use yours. Plus, your child can use it in future when older and can manage the phone without your assistance. This is required during setup and to allow downloads from the App Store or iTunes Store. It’s also used for Find My iPhone, FaceTime, iMessage and other features.
Next, use the child’s Apple ID to setup his or her iPhone. If you’re setting it up on a shared family computer, make sure you sync data that’s specific to your child, so that the phone only has information meant for your child only, not for others.
Setting a passcode helps protect your child’s smartphone from prying eyes, and in case it’s lost or stolen, so strangers won’t gain access to your family information.
Use a passcode or lock pattern that you and your child can remember, or, if available, use FaceID (child’s face) or Touch ID (your finger and child’s finger) for an extra layer of security.
Remember to explain to your child why they shouldn’t disclose the pattern, PIN or passcode to anyone else.
2. Set up a Family Account
Family accounts help each member of the family to access each other’s app purchases without paying for them all over again. This feature is mostly found on iPhones and allows family members to access iTunes, Apple Books and App Store purchases and to download stuff for free.
It’s also a great way of saving money and ensuring everyone in the family has similar apps and content. You can hide mature purchases though, so your child doesn’t access it.
If you want to listen to music, you can get a family subscription to Apple Music for example, and stream millions of songs from the iTunes Store. Alternatively, you can save them to your iPhone to listen while offline. Plus, your kids will also have lots of music to choose from since you can share it with up to six people.
3. Add Location and Tracking
Location and tracking helps when your child’s phone gets lost or stolen so you don’t have to replace it. If it’s an iPhone, set up Find My iPhone, which uses the built-in GPS to track and find the phone. It can also lock the device via the internet or wipe all of its data so thieves don’t get access to it.
For Android smartphones, there are several apps on Google Play Store that you can pick from such as the free Find My Device by Google, or simply turn on Location in the phone’s Settings.
You can also install a child tracking app to monitor your child’s location when they’re away from home.
4. Put Mobile Parental Controls in Place
Mobile parental controls should be set up on your child’s phone to ensure they don’t access inappropriate content, or spend too much time on the phone than they should.
Some of the controls you can enable include:
- Check if your mobile carrier offers special plans and options for children when buying a SIM card for your child.
- Disable mobile data use from your service provider’s self-service options and your child’s phone settings. Instead, join it to your home WiFi network so you can monitor usage.
- A safe, child-friendly browser that’ll restrict access to inappropriate content.
- Block websites that display or contain inappropriate content.
- App restrictions for camera, book and video stores, music and video calling. You can also filter media such as films, TV shows, music and podcasts to leave only what your child is allowed to watch or listen to.
- Limit in-app purchases as children can rack up a huge bill if they unintentionally purchase extra add-ons or in-app purchases in games and other apps.
- Limit screen time on your child’s smartphone. If it’s an iPhone, use the Screen Time feature to set limits of the length of time your child can use his or her phone every day, or even limit who they can call, text or FaceTime. For Android phones, use the free Google Family Link app to set time limits on daily phone use, schedule to disable the phone, and block phone access with a single touch.
5. Install Appropriate, Kid-Friendly Apps
Children love to play games, and watch videos such as cartoons and movies on their smartphones. With this in mind, you can find apps for fun and apps for safety to install on your child’s phone.
Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store are both filled with terrific programs and great games, plus educational apps your child can enjoy while learning new things. There are also homework apps, free texting apps, and more for children of all ages.
Some of these apps are available for free while others require upfront and service fees, but generally, your child’s smartphone will already have a few games installed, plus access to popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
If you want to filter the kind of apps your child can download, you can use Google Play’s parental controls (Settings > Parental Controls). For an iPhone, go to Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions.
Tap iTunes & App Store Purchases > Don’t Allow.
6. Get a Screen Protector and Protective Case
A screen protector and protective case are necessary to have on your child’s smartphone because kids are prone to dropping things or treating them roughly. If you want to prevent broken phones, get a good protective case that prevents any damage when the phone is dropped. Screen protectors in this case prevent the screen from getting cracks or scratches and other damage that would render the phone unusable.
If you can, get an AppleCare Extended Warranty for your child’s iPhone, or get phone insurance if you prefer, though that won’t be necessary if you have a good phone case and screen protector.
Best Smartphones for A First Time Child User
You can get your child an Android smartphone or iPhone, depending on your preferences or if he or she is older, you can ask them which one they prefer to use.
When you do step up to buying one, don’t overspend on it because kids can lose, drop, break, or soak the phone in water. There are several affordable smartphone options you can get for your child, but we’ll mention just four to get you started:
This phone offers fast speeds that kids will love when playing games or opening apps. Plus, it has deep mobile parental controls that you can use to limit your child’s usage of the device such as downtime to remotely schedule hours in which the child can’t use the iPhone. App limits are included to set the time your child can use any app, plus activity reports to monitor their usage. You can also prevent app purchases and downloads.
This budget-priced smartphone has a beautiful display and good resolution, plus it’s a good size for your child (especially teens) to watch movies, videos and play games. Its speeds are good, battery lasts all day, and there’s an 8MP front camera for selfies, plus dual 12MP and 5MP cameras at the back for taking good photos.
This is a low-cost smartphone that’s easy to track, widely available, and can handle the basic apps your child needs.
If you’re not comfortable buying your child a phone that you feel will be broken within days of giving it to him or her, get the CAT S41. It’s a rugged phone designed to survive drops and bumps up to six feet.
Plus, it’s dust, dirt, and scratch-resistant, and has an IP68 rating for water-resistance. Its 5000mAh battery can last for days, so you have peace of mind knowing they won’t have to keep charging their phones every so often.
