There’s many things you can do to help keep your kids safe on devices. Visit netsafe.org.nz for lots of ideas.

One particularly useful tool is called “Switch on Safety“, which provides a free internet filter to use on your kids devices. It’s definitely not a complete solution for ensuring internet content is age appropriate, but it does add an important layer of protection by blocking access to many unsafe websites.

For a child-safe smartphone, check out Safe Surfer, which is the only way I’m aware of to lock down a smartphone enough to protect children. Only available in New Zealand at this point. See https://kidsafephone.nz/