Reviews

Cosmo JrTrack 5 Digital Watch Review: A Thoughtfully Designed Digital Watch for Kids That Works In Canada & the USA!

This review of the Doorman app highlights its potential as an alternative to phone pouches in schools. Unlike pouches, which promote avoidance, Doorman limits distractions while teaching responsibility and digital literacy. Students keep their phones but with restricted access to approved apps. Testing showed the app worked well, with high student buy-in due to its fairness. Privacy concerns were addressed transparently, and schools found it effective.

Tech Smart Parenting” by Catherine Knibbs is the best book we’ve read in a long time on youth, digital literacy, and online safety. Backed by research and real-world experience, it offers clear, practical guidance and a refreshingly balanced approach for any parent or caregiver raising kids in a digital world.

AngelQ is a purpose-built, kid-safe AI browser designed for pre-teens and younger teens. Unlike traditional parental control apps, it uses ethical AI to support safe exploration, encourages parent-child conversations, blocks inappropriate content, and offers a generous free trial.

Netflix’s Adolescence raises key issues like toxic masculinity, online radicalization, and youth identity—but it’s fiction, not policy. Talk, don’t panic.

Brick transforms iPhones into safer, minimalist devices with a tap—ideal for youth. Simple, affordable, and customizable, it supports parental control.

“Unlocked” debunks fear-based screen myths with research-backed insight, promoting healthy, reflective tech use for families in today’s digital world.

Haidt's book simplifies youth mental health to phones/social media, but evidence shows it's a complex issue needing nuanced, research-based solutions.

The Wisephone is a minimalist, sandboxed smartphone ideal as a child’s first phone—no social media, no browser, fully parent-controlled and distraction-free.

We recommend books on raising kids in the digital age—proceeds support mental health, anti-bullying efforts, and free resources for families and educators.

Pinwheel is advertised to be a child’s “first phone that grows with your child.” What we read about the Pinwheel intrigued us enough to connect with the company directly, to see if they would send us a phone to test and evaluate.