Thanks for all the input. Sorry it took awhile for me to get back. Life has been hectic.
While I do appreciate all of your input, none of it really resolves my issues. My fault for not clarifying though.
1. Yes, I’m aware of those apps that password lock your photos. But I like my toddler being able to access videos and pictures. So I don’t want to actually lock them out—with an app or password-protect my phone.
2. Apps are backed up on the Cloud, but there isn’t enough room to back up all my pictures and videos. I send daily pictures to the grandparents. And it’s much easier to send from my phone than from the desktop. I do periodically back up (manually) to the desktop, but the most recent pictures have not.
3. Don’t underestimate toddlers with iPhones. While she hasn’t grasped the idea of deleting pictures just yet, she’s pretty good at navigating folders, finding her apps, pulling up her favorites list on YouTube, taking pictures and videos, calling grandma on the phone (and putting her on speakerphone), finding a particular song (by sorting through album covers because she can’t read yet) and even asks us to charge it when it’s out of batteries. All before she was two.
When Apple said their design was intuitive, they weren’t kidding.
Kids these days are going to grow up with this kind of tech. Everywhere. Keeping it off limits isn’t doing them any favors.