{"id":84,"date":"2014-10-14T09:34:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T16:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2025-12-22T19:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:01:21","slug":"keep-number-away-elementary-school-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/keep-number-away-elementary-school-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Number Away from Elementary School Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/numberbarn_elementary_school.jpg\" alt=\"Keep your number safe with NumberBarn\" width=\"650\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/numberbarn_elementary_school.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/numberbarn_elementary_school-300x101.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We recently got my son a new phone. It was his 11th birthday and that was all he wanted. He was apparently &#8220;the only kid in school without one.&#8221; If you have young kids in school, you\u2019ve probably heard it. Well he may not be exaggerating. I\u2019ve been on campus. Every kid in elementary school has a nicer mobile phone than me.<\/p>\n<p>His phone of choice was a new Samsung Galaxy S4. Nice phone. More of an Apple guy myself, but none the less, a good choice. It has everything an 11 year old needs: games, texting and way more internet access than any kid should have. Way more. Exactly why parental controls were invented. It also came with, like all phones, a <em>new<\/em> phone number.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike a used car, you can\u2019t find any history on your \u201cnew\u201d phone number. You choose one you like and it\u2019s yours. And in my son\u2019s case, at one time it was also the choice of Andrea G. Andrea used that number for a lot of things, including group texts for work, calling friends and also for registering her prescriptions at CVS pharmacy. (In case you\u2019re reading this\u00a0 Andrea, your prescription is ready to be picked up.)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It seems Andrea canceled her cell phone service recently and didn\u2019t notify her friends, co-workers or all the companies she\u2019s registered that number with. They find her very important and continue to contact her. Daily. Not only is it a nuisance to get these texts and calls, it is also a potential privacy and security risk for Andrea! In the hands of a crooked deviant, this free information could be used to gain access to all sorts of personal data. Thankfully for her my son has no criminal intentions, but eventually we\u2019ll text back some made up data for that company report the group is asking for.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/\">NumberBarn<\/a>, Andrea could have simply ported that number before she canceled. Without having to notify anyone, her calls could simply be forwarded to her new phone number or better yet, transferred the old number to her new cell provider. No hassles, no missed calls, and no potential risks.<\/p>\n<p>At $2 a month, NumberBarn&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/number-parking\">number parking service<\/a> seems like a simple solution to make sure your personal information is safe from prying crooks and elementary school kids. And as we head into flu season, ensure your prescription medications are picked up on time.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We\u2019re\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/\">NumberBarn<\/a>, we take phone numbers very seriously. But, we also like to have a little fun. To learn more about us, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numberbarn.com\/\">NumberBarn.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NumberBarn\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/numberbarn\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NumberBarn\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently got my son a new phone. It was his 11th birthday and that was all he wanted. He was apparently &#8220;the only kid in school without one.&#8221; If you have young kids in school, you\u2019ve probably heard it. Well he may not be exaggerating. 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