Homewood parents turn to old-school landlines to keep kids connected without smartphones

HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WBRC) – Jenna Dorlon was scrolling through Instagram when she stopped on a colorful ad for Tin Can.

“I thought it was really interesting, so I clicked on it and read about it and realized this was the solution to a lot of my problems.”

With that solution, though, came a new, simpler yet humbling, problem: explaining to her daughters, who are 8 and 6, why their new phone had a cord and was plugged into the wall…

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