Your Child’s First Phone: Setting Up For Success

Getting your child their first mobile phone is a major milestone, and it comes with big questions. Is my child ready? How do I keep them safe? What rules should we set from day one?

This session is suitable for parents of primary or lower secondary school children. Hear from Sugridha, a mum of two, as she shares what she learned along the way. Then, Cyberlite co-founder Nina Bual will walk you through practical strategies to set your child up for success, followed by a live Q&A session where participants can ask questions.

What You'll Learn:

• How to decide if your child is ready for their own device, and how to prepare them before it arrives
• Set up parental controls, privacy settings, and screen time limits that actually work for your family
• Start conversations about inappropriate content before your child encounters it
• Teach responsible device ownership and build healthy routines from the start
• Create a sense of shared responsibility so your child feels trusted, not just monitored

Whether you're about to hand over that first phone or tablet or want to reset the rules with one already in use, come learn practical strategies you can apply right away. Let's help our kids become confident, responsible digital citizens!

This session is brought to you by Digital for Life, in collaboration with Cyberlite.