Before your little tot was even born, you added special locks to cabinets to keep dangerous items out of arm’s reach. You padded corners, locked windows, softened floors and gated steep staircases. You baby-proofed every single room so your newest family member would be safe and sound the moment they came home from the hospital.
All of these tasks are incredibly important, but you need to add one more to your check-list. You need to baby-proof your smartphone and fast. The chore isn’t essential for your child’s safety, but it will be an effective way to protect your wallet and your emotional well-being. Here is how you can start:
Lock The Screen
Your baby will get their paws on your phone. It’s an inevitability. They will smear sticky fingers over the screen, put the corner in their mouth and try to turn it into their newest teething device. If you don’t want them to send incomprehensible texts to your entire contact list or run up your phone bill with long-distance calls, you need to make sure they can’t get to your home screen.
The easiest way to childproof your smartphone is to lock your screen so that it’s only accessible through a passcode, either using a word, pattern or set of numbers to unlock it. To eliminate any risk of accidental unlocking, many smartphones offer the option to unlock the screen through fingerprint ID or facial recognition.
Get Some Protection
It’s not enough to stop your kid from making random calls, text messages and purchases. You have to stop them from destroying the phone. Never underestimate the destructive powers of a child. If you need any proof, look at this Reddit thread about the most valuable things kids ruined
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