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I feel like all the toddlers I know, including my own, would already know how to use a smartphone by the time they would be able to learn to use this phone.

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We have a land line phone because I didn't want to have to teach the kids how to unlock my phone nor rely on my phone always being charged and accessible in case of emergency. The land line is always on accessible and always in the aame spot.

My phone at least allows for 911 calls from the lock screen.

One other thing I thought of: a land line is tied to an address without needing the child to be able to give the address verbally. My oldest can, my youngest is still learning, but I am also assuming all bets are off if they're scared.

Also, I'm sorry for the various typos in the previous post.

FYI, all mobile phone numbers in the US have the option of being tied to an address for 911 purposes. I assume the default is the billing address, but the address can be changed to be specific to each phone number.

https://www.t-mobile.com/support/account/change-your-billing...

https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-214957/

https://asecare.att.com/tutorials/officehand-e-911-emergency...

I distinctly remember the shock (and adults scrambling) that ensued when we discovered my 18-month-old niece figured out how to unlock an iPhone back in 2011.

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