I recently came across a new, innovative cell phone company – Kajeet. I found it interesting because they claim to have built-in FREE parental controls already installed on the cell phone. According to their website, www.kajeet.com, you can control the following features:

• Time Manager: This allows you to control when the phone can and can’t be used
• Find Your Kid: A GPS feature that allows you to find the phone if it’s lost, track your child and even get email alerts when they arrive at destinations.
• Contact Manager: A call blocking feature that allows and blocks calls and texts
• Feature Manager: Allows you to choose which websites your child can access, or turn off web access completely

Best of all, they don’t require a contract and the service is reasonably priced. It only runs on Sprint compatible phones and uses the Sprint network, but if you are OK with that, it could be a great solution. If you have an old Sprint phone laying around, you can activate it and start using it right away.

Personally, I was intrigued enough to activate a phone for my son. I will report on my experiences in a future blog post.