Graham is the CEO of ParentShield Mobile network for children and its parent Company Engine Mobile Ltd. With a career-long involvement in Internet Communication protocols - ParentShield was conceived from a personal search for the perfect Children's Mobile Phone Network.
We were approached last week by the charity Yorkshire Children’s Trust. YC Trust does some great things supporting parents of children who need extended stays in hospital, or are very poorly. We have agreed to will provide reduced cost SIM contracts to the Charity’s users… Read More »ParentShield and Yorkshire Children’s Trust
WhatsApp is, by far, the most popular messaging application. It is an encrypted, private messaging service by Meta (formerly Facebook). You can make calls as well as send messages, pictures and videos over WhatsApp. With this in mind, you may be tempted to give your… Read More »Monitoring WhatsApp
Thank you for being an important part of ParentShield. As parents ourselves we had an idea in 2015 to use our experience in telecoms and IT to develop exactly the sort of mobile network we wanted for our children. And ParentShield was born 3 years… Read More »Welcome to ParentShield
Is there a device that will block mobile phone signals at school? There is, but you’re not allowed one in the UK! Such a signal jamming device would need to transmit on protected frequencies. And, even if it was legal, given the various mobile phone… Read More »School mobile phone blocker
Budgeting is an important life skill. All the way through into adulthood we have to successfully allocate scarce resources. It’s not just about saving money either. Time is the one resource we never get an unlimited amount of and the ability to prioritise the right… Read More »Mobile Phone Tips: Using ParentShield to teach phone budgeting
What is the best phone contract for kids? All parents know that soon enough the question will be asked! We know that the time will come when we need to start researching the various options to find which type of contract will be best for… Read More »Children’s phone contracts
What’s the best SIM for a teen mobile? Teen covers many years and from the pre-teens up to the early teen years ParentShield is an excellent choice for a Teen’s mobile phone. For many children, their first mobile phone won’t be coming to them until… Read More »The best teen mobile SIM
Advice from ParentShield’s child phone experts. It’s impossible to do anything other than provide a rough guide as every child is different. There is no definitive “Best phone for 11 year Olds” There are plenty of options and many will be a more suitable phone… Read More »What phone is safe for a child at what age?
For a Child’s SIM, In our experience, Vodafone marginally edges Three and EE for its rural coverage. The Network’s urban coverage is strong and there are many ParentShield Customers choose Vodafone coverage with their Child’s SIM card. The company has a very strong legacy 2G… Read More »Vodafone Children’s SIM
Unfortunately – no matter what anyone tells you, it’s impossible to find a phone that’s been turned off by using some location magic. And if it’s a child’s phone that’s been lost, or even worse a child who is out on their own with a… Read More »Locating a child’s phone
