Privacy divorced and/or separated parents

That did work, yes. It did turn out that son cannot text with it without going through my iPhone, but he does not use it to text. He just uses it for FaceTime and hopefully can Zoom to make calls on it to non-Apple users. The phone icon is no more but video conferencing hopefully will still allow use as an emergency device if ever needed, hopefully not. Have not tried to use it yet for maps or transportation tracking.

There does not seem to be a way for my son to use this generation 9 iPad as an emergency device to call out in any way to a non-ios user as texts and phone calls out are limited to users of ios. We could login to someone else’s Skype account to call a non-Apple ecosystem user, but this type of functionality seems limited, if someone with limited language ability needs to call out. Zoom, which special needs students used during the pandemic, went right to text notification when we tried to call family members, which does not work unless the other party is also using ios. I am paying for a separate phone line and found this misleading. Some of us use ios, but not everyone. Skype did use email instead of the extra phone line I am paying for. Nice to watch movies on, or use the internet using cell without needing to use my own device (or another parent) as a hotspot to entertain him. Would be good to know how he could use the phone line if he needs help somewhere, though. Looks like teaching him to use Skype is it.