While existing kid-safe devices completely eliminate app and Internet access to achieve safety, Troomi believes this all-or-nothing approach is impractical and deprives children of vital opportunities to learn safe online habits, nurture their talents and enjoy healthy hobbies. Rather, Troomi provides a safe and secure introduction to phones, apps and the Internet while maintaining safeguards to remove the dangers of pornography, predators, social media, addictive games and screen addiction.
“It’s essential that families have a safe option for giving phones to kids, but safety is really just the starting point,” said Troomi co-founder and CEO Bill Brady. “Instead of cutting kids off from the digital world, we created KidSmart OS to help parents graduate kids from one level of responsibility to the next based on needs and maturity so they can nurture their talents and enjoy their hobbies. Put simply, Troomi is the phone that grows with your child.”
“I spend hours and hours every week counseling worried parents whose kids have fallen victim to the virtual world and are failing to thrive, demotivated and disinterested in the real world. We are seeing unprecedented rates of anxiety and depression among young people, now proven to be associated with the influence of highly addictive and persuasive social media platforms and video games,” said certified Parent Coach Louise Clarke, author of Parenting the Modern Teen and host of the “Parenting in the Thick of It” podcast. “I…
