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Connect & Protect is a kids phone plan with nationwide talk, text, and location services. And just as important, what it doesn’t come with: cellular data. That means your kid won’t have access to apps, browsers or streaming video over the C Spire network. You also get parental controls with easy, guided setup to help protect your child on non-cellular networks like WiFi.

The Connect & Protect Plan includes talk, text and the following features. For Apple devices: Apple and Google location services, iMessage, FaceTime, and Family Sharing data. For Android devices: Samsung and Google location services and Bark Jr. parental controls data. You’ll also have access to parental controls with easy, guided setup to restrict content, limit screen time, and help keep your kid safer on their device.

Connect & Protect Plan restricts access to apps, browsers and streaming video on C Spire’s cellular network, but those can still be accessed on WiFi and media-sharing services like AirDrop. The good news: Our parental control setup guides make it easy to block internet access there, too. See our easy setup guides for help fully protecting your kid on their device.

As a parent, you can never account for everything. But the Connect & Protect Plan is a huge help in making it safer for your kid to enjoy their device. This plan removes access to internet and social media over cellular data and offers parental control guides to help protect them on WiFi and other networks, too. Plus, you’ll be able to restrict content, limit screen time, track their location, and more, if you choose to set these features up. See our parental controls setup guides to get started.

With Connect & Protect, you get access to easy, guided setup for Family Sharing and Screen Time on your kid’s iPhone or Apple Watch. If you opt to set them up, these features let you manage parental controls to restrict content, turn off downloads, block apps, limit screen time, track locations, and more. See our iPhone and Apple Watch parental controls setup guides.

With Connect & Protect, you can get free Bark Jr. parental controls for Android devices on request. If you opt to set it up, the Bark app offers parental controls to limit screen time, block websites and apps, and get location alerts. See our easy Bark parental controls setup guide.

Connect & Protect makes it easy to get the phone your kids want and the parental controls you need. You can keep your family on one wireless account, get great deals on devices for your kids, and easily change their plan as they grow up. Plus, if you choose to buy a new device, your kids get a premium device to keep, not one you have to return later like with many other kids phone plans. 

Already have a device for your kid? That’s great, too. With Connect & Protect, they can use any C Spire-compatible device. Check to make sure it will work on the C Spire network.

If you want to set up parental controls to restrict content, limit screen time, track their location and more, you can choose to do that at any time. If you need help setting up parental controls, check out our easy setup guides. You can also chat with us or visit your local C Spire store for additional help.

While the Connect & Protect plan will still have the same restrictions on C Spire’s cellular network, you can adjust your kid’s parental controls for WiFi and other usage any time or help them change to another C Spire plan whenever your family decides. Check out our other plan options. 

With the Connect & Protect plan, you can use any C Spire-compatible device for their first phone. Check out our latest phone deals. Want to bring your own device for them to use? See if it’s compatible with the C Spire network.

Yep. With C Spire, you can get Apple Watch for your kid as a standalone device. Note that a parent or guardian will need an iPhone to activate their Watch, though. Check out our Apple Watch deals or get started with our parental controls setup guide.

Of course. You can bring your own device to the C Spire network for your kid to use, or upgrade to a new device and give them your current one. See if your device is compatible to get started.

You’re using another carrier’s cellular network when traveling abroad, so we can’t lock down their network the same way we do our own. Bark Jr. also won’t work abroad, but the protections you enabled with Apple Family Share will continue to work on Wi-Fi internationally.