Every year between the end of June and the beginning of September here at ParentShield we speak to hundreds of parents entering brand new territory. Back to School, going up to the big school, and potentially the first time their child will be away from… Read More »Will ‘Back to School’ mean giving a first phone?

You can currently hear us nationally on Sunrise Radio We’d love to hear if you’ve heard the advert – email us: hello@parentshield.uk and let us know! Have you heard the ParentShield Radio Advert? Here’s the text of the advert, just in case you need it.… Read More »ParentShield Radio Advert

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

ParentShield is designed to cater for some of the modern parenting dilemmas involving CoParenting children with mobile phones. Unlike a ‘normal’ adult mobile phone service, ParentShield is designed to be flexible and provides the features that families and carers need to keep their children safe… Read More »Co-parenting and mobile phones

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

The icons for the ParentShield Website have been refreshed for 2022 and went live 26th July 2022 The new icons link to the various sections of the ParentShield Website explaining the features of ParentShield, the best mobile network for children. The new icons are part… Read More »New Icons

A nationwide School Mobile Phone Ban is completely unnecessary according to specialist children’s Mobile Network ParentShield, formed in 2018. ParentShield is the only mobile network in the UK that allows you to block, at network level, all calls, SMS and Mobile Data during School hours.… Read More »School Mobile Phone Ban

By ParentShield’s Phone Experts Remember when you decided to let your child have their first mobile phone – so they’d be safer walking home from school, or from a friend’s house, or so they could call you when they finish their after-school club or match?… Read More »Never Confiscate a Child’s Phone

Before giving them their first Samsung mobile phone ( which will most likely be your old Samsung phone ) there are a few things to check beforehand to make sure everything is set up correctly for them. Even if it’s a brand spanking new phone,… Read More »Setting up your Child’s Samsung phone

Something that does come up occasionally in our conversations with parents about Mobile Phones being used by children is the issue of radiation – and any potential and specific dangers that might pose for children. We’re mobile network developers and not doctors so it’s not… Read More »Children, mobile phones and radiation