That then has to be done on the device itself by the parent. However, it's only then on that device, not in the Kids area for a child. From a practical point of view, you can send content to a Kindle devices from a browser - so if you're shopping in the Kindle Store when you buy something you can elect to send it to that device. Importantly, unlike only locking down a device with the parental control settings above, you still have to assign that content to Amazon Kids for your child - and this is a key point. If you simply used the same account and were reading the same book, it would be constantly trying to sync that book to the furthest read page, which isn't ideal when two separate people are reading it. If you both want to read The Hobbit, for example, your child's progress will be tracked separately from yours. Progress through books will also be tracked separately from your reading. There are awards and you have a reading target to encourage children to read regularly, if you have a child who works better with these types of motivations. You could opt for a pre-paid credit card, however.įrom within Amazon Kids the navigation controls work very much as they do elsewhere, so you can still go home, search, and change some settings, but it's all behind that safety barrier. If the child/Kindle has a personal account, then that account needs an email address as well as a payment method, which probably isn't what you want to do. If you're getting a new Kindle specifically for a child, then you need to decide whether you're going have it linked to their own Amazon account, or to your account. Account decisionsĪ Kindle needs to be registered to an Amazon account - this is how you get the content onto it.
There's also a specific Kindle Kids Edition and Kindle Paperwhite Kids which will also talk about below. Here we're talking specifically about Kindle ebook readers, rather than Fire tablets, although in many cases, the same information applies. Whether you're buying a new Kindle specifically for a child, or letting them use one you already have, here's what you need to consider when setting-up a Kindle for your kids.
There's a web browser for starters, as well as, potentially, your Amazon account through which they can buy books with wanton abandon. But a Kindle device, hooked into an Amazon account, offers a great deal of connectivity that you probably don't want your child to have.
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