• Parenting,  Reviews

    Great First Phone Option: Pinwheel Pixel Review

    Looking for a phone that can grow with your child while teaching them how to manage technology? I believe the Pinwheel Pixel phone is one of the best first phone options around. (Use code exhaustedmama to save!) It’s a safe phone for teens and tweens without social media that gives you the option to allow internet or not, which makes it a great alternative to a regular smartphone. I purchased this phone for my middle grader a few months ago and have been very happy with it. Safe First Phone Option That Can Be Tailored to Your Child Prior to getting the Pinwheel Pixel, my youngest had a Gabb Watch…

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    Gabb Phone Plus Review: Safe First Phone with Perks

    The Gabb Phone Plus is the newest phone from Gabb Wireless. It’s basically the original Gabb Phone (Gabb Z2) supercharged. It has all the basic features the Gabb phone has plus “safe, curated apps” that a parent can enable. According to Gabb’s website, the Gabb Phone Plus is Gabb’s premium phone in a Samsung device and has an “all-metal frame for improved durability,” an “edge-to-edge Infinity Display, and a lighter, slimmer profile for kid and teen hands.” We found the Gabb Phone Plus easy to navigate. I really liked the ability to customize the home screen. Gabb Music on the Gabb Phone Plus My eleven- and fifteen-year-olds were more interested…