Paul is a founding director of Engine Mobile Ltd, the parent company of the Child-Safe Mobile Network, ParentShield.
Here at ParentShield we supply loads of SIM cards for Kids Phone Watches. A watch-phone is a popular choice for a child’s first phone. Particularly so for younger children who may be considered likely to lose a regular mobile phone on the first day of… Read More »Best Kids Phone Watch
giffgaff is a large MVNO with revenues in the hundreds of millions per year. It is a subsidiary of O2 UK – legally incorporated as Telefónica UK Limited. What network does giffgaff use? giffgaff runs on its parent company, O2’s network. It is a lower… Read More »giffgaff Child SIM
Protecting their Childs phone from accessing websites with inappropriate, or potentially harmful content, when connecting to the internet via Wifi, Personal Hotspots, VPN’s etc, is something that is in the forefront of Parents and Carers minds when providing their first mobile phone. How do you… Read More »Parents guide to setting up phone parental controls
Setting up Google Family Link allows parents or carers to set permissions for their Child’s Android phone remotely to set parental controls for applications and internet browsing from their own Android phone. You can download this guide as a PDF Here How to set up… Read More »Ultimate guide to setting up Google Family Link for your Child
Setting up Apple Family Share allows one parent or carer to set permissions for their child’s iPhone remotely to approve spending and downloads, locate the phone, and set parental controls for applications and internet browsing from their own iPhone. You can download this guide as… Read More »The ultimate guide to Apple Family Share for your Childs phone
Following the recent spike in abusive videos of teachers being shared on TikTok, votesforschools approached ParentShield for comment as their voters looked at the “classic” debate of “Should students use smartphones in school?” through a 2021 lens. They explored the benefits and drawbacks of young… Read More »How to “school-proof” a mobile phone
Only ParentShield account holders ( Parents or legal guardians ) are able to access the recordings via your secure Parentshield Parent Portal login. Access to the Parent portal login is via the account details provided at sign-up time and can be additionally secured by 2-factor… Read More »Activating Two-Factor Auth (2FA) for a ParentShield login
As ParentShield’s controls include many ways of blocking activity, we have included a ‘check what settings allow’ button in the settings tab of your portal. Check what settings allow If at any time you feel unsure whether a setting you have made is blocking certain… Read More »Checking SIM Behaviour
ParentShield is the first mobile network to provide “Network Watch” alerts to parents Help! A major point of stress and worry for parents is an inability to contact their child, even if they are carrying a phone. They may call and try a location service… Read More »Using Network Watch
ParentShield is the only Mobile Network that alerts parents instantly should concerning words of phrases be used in text messages – sent, or received. Setting up word alerts is something that is unique to each user, as dialogue varies considerably. Apart from the obvious words… Read More »Monitoring your Childs text messages with word alerts
