![]() ![]() If you'd rather get the Kindle Paperwhite Kids, that one's on sale too. The device is similar to the 2022 Kindle we reviewed, so we're sure your kids will love it, and so will you. The Kindle Kids has a great battery that will last up to six weeks on a single charge, the screen's light can be adjusted easily, and it's a device that's light enough for kids to hold comfortably for long periods of time. So, if your child ends up breaking their e-reader because kids will be kids, you're covered. The best part about purchasing the Kindle Kids is that you get a 2-year warranty on this device. There are thousands of books available to read for free, which means you'll be saving a ton of money on those too. The cost also includes a 1-year subscription to Amazon Kids+, which is a place for kids between 3 and 12 years old where they can learn, grow, and explore. There are three options to choose from, and their options are space whales, unicorns, or the ocean. The 2022 Kindle Kids comes with a that cover kids will love. And save yourself from the worst tablet ever.SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Why you'll love the Kindle Kids Why bother rooting your Fire when you can go buy a different Android tablet? All of the apps you or your fictitiously teenage children will be interested in are on other platforms. Regardless, there isn’t enough of a tablet here to justify a Fire HD, anyways – even for the cheap price. Perhaps disallowing teenagers on tablets is the right choice.īut it should be our choice, correct? We are the parents, after all. Throw hormones into the picture and you have the world’s most capable hackers. Maybe Amazon just knows that teenagers are going to get around whatever controls you have in place. Throw a teen into the mix and everything falls apart. I can do this with FreeTime to an extent. And I take all of the control away on a whim (I recently had to do this with my daughter, for instance). ![]() I can install third-party software to monitor usage, like Covenant Eyes. I have full control over when they can use the applications, how long they can use them, who they can communicate with. The child’s profile will now appear in the sidebar. Enter the child’s name, birth date (relevant for age-based content), and select an icon for their profile. At the bottom of the left hand menu select Add a child. With the iPad, I have the ability to manage what goes on my children’s devices. To add a child profile to your Amazon account, you use the same control panel we were just in. But now, it is an incredibly powerful tool for a parent. Granted, when it first came out it was severely lacking. But this is something that Apple has progressively improved with Screen Time over the past couple of years. Or they mix too well (depending on your perspective). Now, I’ll be the first to admit that teenagers and electronics don’t mix very well. And I, as a parent, can’t install Covenant Eyes without doing the same. Even if my child were an adult, he still can’t download Among Us without installing an alternate app store. It was several bad nights consisting of hacks, creating various alternate amazon accounts, email accounts. I did not go softly into that good night. I have over 40 years of experience being stubborn. Now, you have to know something about me – I’m a stubborn, persistent software developer and application security analyst. You cannot sign in with a teenager account. What’s the definition of insanity? This is Not the Tablet You’re Looking ForĪpparently, you can only sign into an Amazon Kindle Fire HD with an adult account or a child account. I know the email and password are correct, so I try again. And then I attempt to sign into the Fire HD with his account. I tie his account as a teenage account to my family. My son magically turned 13 in the last five minutes. So what do I do? Probably what any normal parent would do – I attempt to create a teenage account for their tweenaged child. No, Amazon, my 12 year old does NOT want to watch Ryan’s World. However, when configuring FreeTime for our 12 year old, he was presented with content that was horribly age inappropriate. We’ve had decent experiences with FreeTime for our youngest (who is five years old). In short, our 12 year old is right on the edge of content suitable for Amazon Kids (formerly known as FreeTime). This turned out to be the wrong decision. When money is tight, sometimes you have to make difficult decisions. When Christmas came around, it was a matter of choice between which of the two we would purchase for our middle child. My oldest has an iPad Pro my youngest an 8th generation Fire HD. We have three children: a 5 year old, a 12 year old, and a 14 year old. And, what is even more abysmal, is that it is marketed to those very kids. How you could make a tablet suitable for adults and small children and totally neglect the teen/tween demographic baffles me. How far your Kindle Fire has fallen, HD tablet, latest of generations. ![]()
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