Because most mobile phones include many bells and whistles, you'll need to take special precautions by adding parental control services to your teen's wireless number. For a small monthly fee (usually five dollars a month), all major wireless providers in the United States offer a parental control feature, allowing parents to "set text boundaries" and help with:
- Limiting the number of texts sent/received
- Restricting the times of day the cell phone can be used
- Global positioning system (GPS) location and zoning (this is sometimes a separate service)
- Restricting online purchases
- Controlling what number can be blocked from calling or sending/receiving text messages
- Filtering content/blocking Internet usage
Because most mobile phones include many bells and whistles, you'll
need to take special precautions by adding parental control
services to your teen's wireless number. For a small monthly fee
(usually five dollars a month), all major wireless...
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Shawn Edgington answered:Because most mobile phones include many bells and whistles, you'll need to take special precautions by adding parental control services to your teen's wireless number. For a small monthly fee (usually five dollars a month), all major wireless providers in the United States offer a parental control feature, allowing parents to "set text boundaries" and help with: