Comments on: Control Child’s Mobile Phone Usage with AT&T http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2007/09/04/control-child%e2%80%99s-mobile-phone-usage-with-att/ All About Mobile 2.0 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:33:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: Ed Hawco http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2007/09/04/control-child%e2%80%99s-mobile-phone-usage-with-att/comment-page-1/#comment-246116 Ed Hawco Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:18:49 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/09/04/control-child%e2%80%99s-mobile-phone-usage-with-att/#comment-246116 You hit the nail on the head when you say "a child's brain is a child's brain." While products like this are no substitute for good parenting, they make a good adjunct to good parenting. It's not just about cost; AT&T's product, like a similar one called Parent Patrol (http://www.parent-patrol.com) let you do things like disable the phone at night so kids don't dive under the covers and text all night long instead of sleeping. (Studies show they really do that.) You hit the nail on the head when you say “a child’s brain is a child’s brain.” While products like this are no substitute for good parenting, they make a good adjunct to good parenting.

It’s not just about cost; AT&T’s product, like a similar one called Parent Patrol (http://www.parent-patrol.com) let you do things like disable the phone at night so kids don’t dive under the covers and text all night long instead of sleeping. (Studies show they really do that.)

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