I bought this for my daughter who has been asking for a smart watch like mine. I didn’t even know they made kids’ version smart watches until about a year ago and didn’t think the technology would be great, but these ARE great! It even fits her really well and is comfortable enough for her that she wears it almost all day every day!
My first concern with my daughter having a ‘smart’ of anything is that she will be too consumed with the screen time it gives her that she won’t want to do anything else and I’ll have to limit it. I really didn’t want to have to do that with a watch because that sort of takes away the whole point of a watch. I was happy with the limited options of this watch. It has 3 games, none of which are overly exciting! Haha! Which means that my daughter will play on them for awhile here and there like during a long car ride or waiting in a restaurant, but at home, she finds better things to do! It also only has a few main screens to choose from, so she take hours to switch through all the limitless options. It has a few other options on it, but none of which were so overstimulating that she wanted to spend more than a few minutes on this at a time, thankfully.
My second concern was with technology being so over-the-top it would take me HOURS and hours to understand this thing myself before I felt comfortable enough that she could have it without her getting into things she shouldn’t or spending so much time on it. Honestly, I think I spent about 10 minutes setting it up and pairing it to my phone, downloading the app and then another 10 minutes playing with it on my own before I was comfortable having her try it out. It’s very kid friendly!
By the time she’s in her early teens, I think she’ll be asking me for something with a few more features, but for now, this is absolutely perfect! I couldn’t have asked for a simpler, easier, all around good product as a starter smart watch for young kids!
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