Pinwheel's Contact Safelist is a unique Pinwheel feature that offers flexibility in restrictions, allowing parents to customize their child's contact access based on their age and maturity level. By understanding these modes, parents can ensure their child's safety while using Pinwheel, without compromising on their digital experiences.
đź‘Ş Caregiver-Managed
In this Safelist mode, your child can only communicate with people explicitly approved by you.
Your child can:
- Only communicate with approved contacts.
- Propose new contacts for your approval.
- Image text with contacts for whom you enable that setting.
Your child cannot:
- Override your decision to block contacts.
- Receive unknown spam.
Target maturity: any age as needed, but generally 6-14 years old.
đź”° Child-Managed
In this Safelist mode, your child manages the Safelist. but you still have final say and block specific contacts as you deem fit.
Your child can:
- Only communicate with contacts on the Safelist.
- Add new contacts to the Safelist and talk to them immediately (unless you block them).
- Image text with contacts for whom you enable that setting. (NOTE: if kid is in this Safelist mode, then the image texting settings are a global on/off for Emergency Contacts and All Contacts)
Your child cannot:
- Receive unknown spam.
- Override your decision to block contacts.
- Make use of the “contact groups” feature.
Target maturity: 13-16 years old or as needed.
â›” Disabled
In this Safelist mode, Pinwheel turns into a more traditional phone where the child can communicate with almost anyone. You can still block specific contacts as needed.
Your child can:
- Communicate with anyone. This allows them to order food, do job interviews, and more.
- Image text with contacts for whom you enable that setting. (NOTE: if kid is in this Safelist mode, then the image texting settings are a global on/off for Emergency Contacts and All Contacts)
Your child cannot:
- Override your decision to block contacts.
- Make use of the “contact groups” feature.
Target maturity: 16+ years old.
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