Virgin Mobile Custom Lets Parents Be In Control #VirginMobileMom

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Times sure have changed since I was a kid. I remember when I had to wait until I was 18 years old to get my own cell phone. Cell phones were also HUGE. It was almost like packing around your home phone in your purse. I am sure glad that technology has changed and we have the smartphones that are on the market today!

So now I have four children in which two are teens. One of my daughters already has a cell phone while my other daughter just was fine using her Apple iTouch to keep in touch with her friends and play her games online. Well now that she is older and wants to go to her friends after school, I wanted her to have a cell phone to be able to get a hold of her in case of emergency. What I didn’t want was to add her to my plan HIGH cell phone plan and double my bill.

Last month I received a Custom Mom Blogger Kit that included an LG Pulse cell phone to try the Virgin Mobile Custom plan and options.

I have to say that I am excited about the Virgin Mobile Custom plan that I have setup for my daughter. Instead of getting stuck in a contract on a high priced plan I am able to pay for just what she needs. I hadn’t really put much thought into prepaid phone options before but I think that Virgin Mobile Custom is perfect for my daughter.

Plans start at $6.98 and then you add what you need. Since my daughter likes to text I added the unlimited text on the phone. I then added unlimited talk and there is no data on her plan, but she is able to use her apps if she is on wi-fi. This is what we started with but I think I might add some data. They have a data options that you can add onto your phone as low as $1.40. Since this is a prepaid phone, my daughter also has the option of adding more to her plan during the month also. She does chores and earns extra money so if she really wanted more on her phone I would allow her to purchase extra options with her own money.

Now I could add data to her phone or I could also choose to add Unlimited Facebook, Unlimited Social, Unlimited Music and more. If you have a child that uses their cell phone primarily for it to make calls and Facebook, purchasing the Unlimited Facebook option onto your plan might be a good idea.

Virgin Mobile Custom’s purpose is to allow their users to build a mobile plan that fits their needs. What I also like is the parental controls. Since my youngest daughter will be in 6th grade next year which is “junior high” here, I want her to have a cell phone that I will be able to control, especially when she is in school.

I like that not only am I able to build the perfect plan for my children, I can also control when they can use their phone too! I know that teachers probably get so distracted with having to tell their students to not use their cell phones. If I was able to restrict my child from using the phone during class time, I wouldn’t have to be worried about my child’s cell phone being a distraction.

A little interested in Virgin Mobile Custom? Check out this video below…