All of a sudden, your child thinks you’re the coolest parent ever — all because you just got them an Apple Watch.

A smart choice, as the Apple Watch is a great way for parents to introduce their children to smart technology. Its blend of entertainment, educational tools and safety features makes it an ideal device for kids. 

Explore how your child can enjoy their new Apple Watch, and the safety features you can use to ensure responsible usage.

Fun and safety for kids
The Apple Watch offers a ton of fun and educational features for children.

Activity and Fitness Tracking: The Activity Rings on the Apple Watch make fitness fun. Kids can set daily goals, track their steps and compete with friends and family in various fitness challenges. The vibrant rings and achievement badges provide a sense of accomplishment, motivating them to stay active.

Customizable Watch Faces: Your kids can show their true colors with customizable watch faces. From animated characters to personal photos, they can tailor their Apple Watch to match their personality and interests.

Educational Apps: Apple’s App Store is filled with educational apps for the Apple Watch. Kids can learn new languages, practice math, or explore the stars with astronomy apps, blending learning with fun.

Messaging and Communication: More importantly, an Apple Watch allows your kids to stay connected with you and their friends through messages and calls. The Digital Touch feature adds a playful element, letting kids send sketches, taps or even their heartbeat.

Music and Audiobooks: With access to music and audiobooks, kids can enjoy their favorite tunes or listen to educational content on the go, perfect for road trips or downtime, providing entertainment and learning opportunities.

Keep an eye on your child’s activity
The Apple Watch comes with an extensive range of features to make sure your kids use their new device responsibly and safely.

Communication Limits and Trusted Contacts: With Family Setup, you can manage your child’s contacts so they only communicate with trusted individuals. It allows you to approve contacts and monitor communication.

Communication Safety: These features can be enabled to help protect kids from inappropriate content by filtering messages and providing warnings for sensitive content.

Monitor and Limit Usage: The Screen Time feature lets you set daily usage limits and schedule downtime, ensuring a healthy balance between screen time and other activities.

Schooltime Mode: This feature restricts access to apps and notifications during school hours, so your child stays focused on their studies.

Find My Location: The Find My app lets you track your child’s location in real time. Custom location-based notifications can be set up to alert you when they arrive at or leave specific places.

Restriction Settings: Plenty of stuff on the internet just isn't for kids. But you can set restrictions for explicit content, purchases and privacy settings for a safe and age-appropriate experience for your children.

Encourage good habits
There’s even more you can do to take your kids’ Apple Watch to the next level with built-in health and spending controls.

Handwashing Timer: Encourages good hygiene by timing handwashing.

Healthy Activity Monitoring: You can review shared health data and encourage your kids get enough physical activity.

Health Information Monitoring: This lets you track heart rate, heart rate variability and more to monitor your child’s health.

Environmental Sound Measurements: You can even set a noise threshold to protect your child’s hearing.

Apple Cash Family: Every kid wants a little money for things like event tickets or small purchases, and this lets you manage their allowances so they can use the wallet for purchases.

Setting all this up might sound complicated, but it’s actually very easy. You can find a step-by-step setup guide here.

So much in one device
The Apple Watch is more than just a gadget. With its kid-friendly features and parental controls, it’s a great device for you and your child. With the right guidance and monitoring, an Apple Watch combines fun and safety in one sleek package.

C Spire’s full range of Apple Watches lets you find the one that’s right for your child. Explore them here.