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Cell phones and kids in an emergency

noloveintennisnoloveintennis member
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I don't know what made me think of this, but in this day and age, most people do not have land lines. How are kids supposed to be able to call 911 or another parent on a cell phone? In order to get to the keypad on my iphone you have to swipe to unlock, hit the phone button, then hit the keypad button. My stepdaughter is 5, in case of emergency this is a lot of steps to remember. What if she would need to get ahold of her dad? Scroll through the contacts? She can't read yet. Is there an app or something that will put something on the home screen/before you unlock the phone so that she wouldn't have to go through all those steps?

Just a thought I had.  

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  • gingerfamilygingerfamily member

    My kid is 3.  She knows how to unlock my iphone, get to the keypad and call 911. 

    It's also why I don't let her play with my phone unless I'm right there.  I don't want her dialing it while playing. 

     

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  • noloveintennisnoloveintennis member
    smart kid. My 5 year old sd is spacey, and I don't know if she would remember the steps. Unless it's something she really wants to do, she tunes things out/doesn't remember. I guess I'll start working with her on it. Not the actual dialing part though, lol. Pretending to touch the numbers.
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  • noloveintennisnoloveintennis member
    imageLoveLossHopeRepeat:

    If you have an iPhone, you can install a passcode option on the phone. When they swipe to unlock, the keypad comes up to enter the code, but the bottom left button says "Emergency Call". It's a faster way to get the to buttons, in short. 

    At five I would also definitely teach her a phone number or two. My daughter knows my cell phone number by heart, and we're working on her father's now, too.  

    I will put that on my phone, thanks, that helps. She knows my cellphone number, and our address. We worked really hard on that, so she could give an emergency contact that information. Guess we'll start working on her dad's number, and maybe her mom's, along with teaching her how to get into my phone, and maybe her dad's android. The details. I don't know how I haven't thought this all through before now.

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  • Holly_1007Holly_1007 member

    Maybe I should start working with Keagan on this.  is 3.5 too young? He knows how to unlock my phone, but I don't even think he knows what 911 is, or what would constitue an emergency? He is pretty sensitive, I don't want to get him worked up. 

    I know my SD doesn't know how to unlock our phones, she doesn't have any addresses or phone numbers memorized.  We will definitely be practicing that this summer. 

                           
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  • noloveintennisnoloveintennis member
    imagethe mathlete:

    imagenoloveintennis:
    Guess we'll start working on her dad's number, and maybe her mom's, along with teaching her how to get into my phone, and maybe her dad's android.

    Has her mom not started working on this with her? Not saying that you shouldn't (because it's a good idea, obviously), but that seems weird to me.

    Her mom is more, how can I say this nicely, apathetic? about her. SD lives with us the majority of the time. Her mom gets her two evenings a week, and every other weekend. She brings her home at 9pm each weeknight, and on her Sunday nights. By her choice. When she moved closer to us/work/daycare last year we told her she could have SD overnight on her weekdays, and bring her to daycare in the morning. She told us that it was too much work to get them both ready in the morning, and do daycare drop off. What?! What do you think we have been doing, and DH was doing while he was still a single father. He learned how to do her hair, and get her ready, and to daycare by himself as a single father... (sorry, rant)

     

    Anyways, she doesn't do a lot of the responsibility stuff, just does the fun, hang out and spend the weekend together stuff.  

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  • alli84alli84 member

    Here's a site that talks about phones I was going to suggest. Just does it better than I would :)

    https://isabellasnow.hubpages.com/hub/Best-Cell-Phones-For-Children


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  • MainelyFoolishMainelyFoolish member

    This is exactly why I keep a landline. I'm not comfortable with my 5 year old DD having to find my cell phone in my purse, unlock it, hope the battery has enough charge (I occasionally forget to charge it), and call for help. We have a corded landline phone on the wall that DD can pull up a chair to, pick up the receiver, and dial 911.

    We also taught DD our address and home phone number when she was 3 or 4 (first year of preschool). Hint: teach your phone number by singing the digits to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb or another song; it's easier to remember song "lyrics" than just a set of numbers.

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  • hmp1hmp1 member
    We have a landline but right now, it is easier for James to use our cell phones. He can unlock mine, DH's has a swipe password. He should be able to do it in the next year I think. On my phone, the front screen has icons on the bottom. One is a picture of DH and you hit that picture and it calls him. I have one for my mom too. I don't let James play with my phone without supervision but he knows how to call my mom and DH. Not sure his mind will think to do that if it is an emergency. Should probably start prepping for those conversations.

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  • tinyhumantoetinyhumantoe member

    We got a home phone installed just before LO was born.  I wanted two phones in a set location in case I needed to call 911.  And in the future...... babysitters.

    Well, we got rid of it.  $55/mo and 5 million telemarketing calls.  All it did was help with my anxiety when LO was newborn. 

    I'd rather get a $10 cell line with a traditional keypad. 

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