What’s the first thing you do when you go to bed and the first thing you do when you wake up? For myself and likely 99% of other Americans, we go right to our phones. We check for any texts or calls, and then we end up scrolling through social media for 20 minutes. It’s the very last thing we do when we go to bed and the very first thing we do when we wake up! Social media has become an obsession that we are taking too lightly. This doesn’t affect just us as adults, but it affects kids with smartphones as well. Gabb Wireless is looking to help with the problematic social media addiction.  

The GetOutPass is proud to announce a sponsorship with Gabb Wireless. If you haven’t heard, Gabb is a new and awesome kids phone provider that emphasizes going out and having an active life while staying safe. 

Why should you consider getting your kid a Gabb phone? For starters, Gabb provides everything your child would need for a phone: texting and calling. Along with that are a limited number of apps that cover everything your child could need out of their phone: a camera and gallery app for the taking and editing of photos, a calendar app to help teach your child scheduling and planning, a calculator app to help with homework, and more. In an age where younger and younger kids are receiving full access to smartphones, we have to consider what exactly is healthy for a child with a phone. Gabb writes about the negative effects that social media has on us. In fact, 2 out of 3 adults show signs of social media addiction. If we adults are struggling with it, I can only imagine how difficult it would be for kids. 

Gabb doesn’t want to simply keep kids from social media, but they want to encourage them to go out and have fun. Time spent on the phone scrolling through an endless stream of debatable information and becoming fixated on others lives is not healthy for anyone. Gabb wants their users to go out and enjoy the world around them and enjoy the convenience of having a phone to call and text with. Being a kid is such a special time where they get to try new things and see what they would like to spend their time doing. If they spend their youth attached to a phone, they’re going to grow up and be attached to their phone. If they spend their youth exploring the world, trying new activities, striving for achievement and excitement, they’re going to want to do that as an adult as well. I think I know which I would prefer my child to do. 

Not to mention, fewer apps on a phone results in a much, much cheaper phone compared to a standard smartphone.

Be on the lookout for deals that the GetOutPass will provide for Gabb Wireless during our Black Friday sale. It will definitely be something you're going to want to look into. 

Gabb rules!

-Dallin