*Ring, Ring* An Exclusive Deal on the Parent-Approved Bark Phone Is Calling

Wondering why everyone seems to be talking about the Bark Phone lately? For starters, the safety features and parental controls are brilliant, according to VP of Editorial Candace Davison, who tried the device with her daughter. As Davison points out, the phone comes with a monitoring tool that scans your child’s texts, emails, social media and apps for digital dangers and sends you alerts as needed. Even better, there is no way for kids to delete text messages without permission, download workaround VPNs or change the parental controls you set.

There is also an accompanying parent app that allows you to approve or block all of the child’s contact requests, so you know exactly who they are communicating with. What's more, the setup process is easy and straightforward. “Being able to approve or reject callers was huge to me, as well as the ability to monitor messages and receive alerts about troubling behavior,” Davison says in her review.

She continues, “I strongly believe that just handing over a smartphone to a tween or young teen is like giving them the keys to the kingdom. Bark allows us parents a level of control that I have not seen on any other device. (Even though my kid is begging me to add Snapchat to the phone, the answer, at least for now, is no.) In today’s world of bullying and predators, I love being able to monitor everything without worrying about my child deleting things (or being pressured to do so), and I love being able to track his whereabouts.”

Since being a parent is stressful enough, worrying about your child's phone activity shouldn't be another thing on your plate. Thankfully, the Bark Phone helps make navigating this new phase as painless (for you) and protected (for them) as possible. My advice? Don't skip this special deal.