Reply to: Child Friendly Tablets

[Old Hack]

I thought Moshi Monsters and Club Penguin where some of the better sites for children, I know the chat rooms of Habbo Hotel was shut down after a C4 investigation. I guess the adage of keeping an eye on what your children do online is still the best way, the kids mum signed up to Moshi Monsters so she can see what it is like, and in the end she became hooked playing the game herself

...and yet if a Dad said that....

[d000hg]

I don't know what the iPad version is like, but MyDinos is in very much the same vein as ClubPenguin.

[SimonMac]

I thought Moshi Monsters and Club Penguin where some of the better sites for children, I know the chat rooms of Habbo Hotel was shut down after a C4 investigation. I guess the adage of keeping an eye on what your children do online is still the best way, the kids mum signed up to Moshi Monsters so she can see what it is like, and in the end she became hooked playing the game herself

[The Spartan]

Those sites really should be investigated, as they appear full of wrong 'uns

Unfortunately they seem to attract the unsavoury types, it's a shame really

[Old Hack]

See that's the one thing I don't have to worry about due to the inbuilt controls in the Kurio, I agree about Club penguin and Moshi Monsters you can't let them on it without you being there.

We trust the kids, to be honest. We've said no, and they don't. I don't know how I deserve it, but I have really good kids.

We let them on it, on their own, but then they'd come and say lucy131 wants to be friends, or such like and immediately you know, there's something not right, so we simply said sorry kids, you can't go on, and they don't. Possibly a parenting paradigm of ours, but we want to trust them, and do hark on about building trust, and not lying, so they know they get lots of liberties, by being honest. So far, it's worked out well.

Those sites really should be investigated, as they appear full of wrong 'uns

[The Spartan]

I don't use any parental control, per se, other than self policing. There are search engines, which you can easily disarm, but we only let them use it with us, or the same room.

The problems we have had, are with moshi moshlings rooms, and pengiun rooms, which seem full of ne'er do wells and peados. That was when they used the laptop, and desktops to play. Luckily, it doesn't work on iPads, or didn't on iOS5, and they haven't tried it since.

See that's the one thing I don't have to worry about due to the inbuilt controls in the Kurio, I agree about Club penguin and Moshi Monsters you can't let them on it without you being there.

[SimonMac]

I'd like to get my Mrs to the stage where she does !!

Is your Mrs two years old as well? I know there is jailbait but thats a bit extreme

[cailin maith]

I'd like to get my Mrs to the stage where she does !!

[TestMangler]

I'd like to get to the stage where Jnr doesn't put everything in his mouth all the time

I'd like to get my Mrs to the stage where she does !!

[cailin maith]

My two year old uses my iPad all the time.

I'd like to get to the stage where Jnr doesn't put everything in his mouth all the time

[Old Hack]

I don't use any parental control, per se, other than self policing. There are search engines, which you can easily disarm, but we only let them use it with us, or the same room.

The problems we have had, are with moshi moshlings rooms, and pengiun rooms, which seem full of ne'er do wells and peados. That was when they used the laptop, and desktops to play. Luckily, it doesn't work on iPads, or didn't on iOS5, and they haven't tried it since.

[al_cam]

What type of parental control do you use for the iPad?

I'm at the stage of working that out for my kids, problem is that they can access the internet so many ways - tablet, ipod, phones, laptops, desktop, WII, DS, TV.

I'm about to set up OpenDNS. Looks just the ticket - control at the router level. I'd be interested to hear any opinions on it.

[d000hg]

I wouldn't trust the kids with an iPad type device, needs to be child friendly, and child proof!

Someone must make a child-safe case for an iPad so you can use it when they're asleep.

[dx4100]

My two year old uses my iPad all the time. It has a decent case (Marware Hybrid) and screen protector. No damage yet expect for the time I gave her my stylus and she found the exact angle (I could hardly replicate it) required to scratch the screen protector No big deal just replaced the screen protector (£30 though!)

Other than that no issues with her using it and she can fully work it on her own. Quite amazing really. I just think the ones aimed at kid are terrible. And you can by some really good cases to stop them destroying your iPad so if you can afford it why not ?

[The Spartan]

What type of parental control do you use for the iPad?