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Tom’s Guide
Technology
Mike Prospero

I gave my 7-year-old the viral Tin Can phone because all her friends had it — here's the verdict after a month

Girl talking on Tin Can phone.

Even though I test and cover tech for a living, I’m very careful how much I let my daughter use it. Saturday mornings, she can become a zombie, endlessly scrolling through Netflix and Disney looking for something to watch.

We limit screen time a lot, and we’ve also decided that she’s not getting a smartphone until she hits high school. However, we were intrigued when several of her friends’ parents raved about the Tin Can phone, which lets kids talk to each other — supervised, of course.

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