Buying your child their first phone is a big decision—especially when you have to consider how much freedom to give him or her to text and play games on their new device. Though smart phones can be a great educational and social tool for kids of even younger ages, seventy-three percent of parents express concern that they do not have enough parental control options.
Enter Zact Mobile: a new phone company which aims to offer families an extremely flexible family plan as well as many parental control options, custom tailored to what you want your child to be able to see, or not to see.
We think that great thing about Zact’s mobile plans is that it puts the power of choice back in digital age parents’ hands. As a parent, your cell phone functions like a remote control, enabling you to set time limits on talk, text, and data usage. You are able to decide which phone functions your child should have access to, and when. For example, Zact’s Chief Marketing Officer, Anna Fieler, uses the parental control features to cut off access to the calculator on her son’s phone during the school day, because students aren’t supposed to use them in class. A parent could also decide to cut off apps and texting after 10 pm on school nights while still allowing them to call Mom or Dad in case there is an emergency.
The mobile carrier’s phone plans may not be the most economical for heavy users, but it is the perfect plan for children, who don’t need unlimited data and texts. Parents don’t even need to be Zact users themselves to reap the advantages of the carrier’s parental controls. By downloading the Zact Control App, customers of any network can control their child’s Zact phone from their own device.
You can find Zact online and in Best Buy stores, where a special deal with for 4 free months of coverage is now available with the purchase of a Zact phone.
