4 new-school landline phones that help kids chat safely without screens

If your kid wants their first phone, these new options offer 90s nostalgia in spades.
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If you fondly recall twirling the phone cord around your fingers while sharing the hottest 4th grade gossip, you can now give your kid the very same experience.
Fueled by Millennial nostalgia for our screen-free childhoods and concerns about online safety, parents are turning to a new-school twist on an old-school concept: the landline phone.
For kids who are craving connection to their classmates but may not be ready for access to the world wide web, these so-called ‘dumb phones’ are a pretty smart alternative.
That’s because smartphones and iPads can be a great way to chat with classmates, but they require a much higher degree of parental oversight. Not to mention, it’s a pain to pry a kid away from an iPad when their FaceTime call is complete.
The new batch of landline phones eliminate those concerns, since they are strictly for talking, and they work via WiFi, with a much lower monthly bill than a traditional landline connection. (And calls between models are free for some of the brands below.)





















































































