Best Phones for Kids: Ultimate Guide

Summary: This comprehensive guide from Protect Young Eyes examines the best phone options for children, recognizing that parents now have alternatives to the traditional "all or nothing" choice between flip phones and smartphones. The blog provides detailed testing and analysis of kid-friendly phones including Gabb, Pinwheel, Troomi, Bark, and MMGuardian, evaluating their safety features, parental controls, pricing, and functionality to help parents choose the right device for their family's "slow tech" approach—giving kids appropriate technology at the right developmental stage rather than jumping straight to unrestricted smartphones.

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Protect Young Eyes (PYE) is a nonprofit founded in 2015 by Chris McKenna that advocates for a "slow tech" approach to children's technology use, promoting the philosophy of giving kids "the right tech at the right time." The organization provides resources, educational talks, and consulting services to help families, schools, and communities create safer digital environments for children, emphasizing intentional technology introduction rather than unrestricted access to devices and social media during childhood.