Your Child’s First Cell Phone

Cell Phone vs Smartphone Many parents provide their child with a cell phone as an emergency phone, such as a flip phone on a pay-as-you-go plan. It is to be used when your child is worried, scared, lost, or in an emergency. A smartphone provides your child with a phone, communication device, and portable computer. Once your child has one, it is likely that he or she will always want to have one. There is much more that your child can and will do with a smartphone.