>> Consider using the iTunes Allowance system that places $10 to $50 in an iTunes account on a monthly recurring basis.
Wow, those kids sound spoiled.
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Re: My iTunes Account Was Hacked for $375 - By My Own Kids
#12And/or don't buy your kid a $300 phone with a $100/month plan. Maybe this just shows how 'old' I am at 27, but I didn't have a cellphone as a kid. In fact I didn't have one until I was 19 and was paying for it myself. My parents didn't have them, and they thought I was crazy for paying $35/month for a Sprint plan. But I did accumulate a set of 'hidden fees' when I was younger to my parent's phone bill. I was within t…
I don't think it matters if you didn't have a cell phone as a kid, anyways. In the past, kids didn't have access to malaria vaccines. Does this mean kids aren't better off now that they have it?
I feel that using these stories to conclude that we shouldn't let kids have access to valuable equipment to be counterproductive. I would say it's much better to reason with them (as the author seems to have done).
My father bought me a computer when I was really young and told me to play with it all I wanted. He also told me not worry if I broke it as long as I was not being reckless. Thanks to that, I am now a graduate student in Computer Science.
Re: My iTunes Account Was Hacked for $375 - By My Own Kids
#13On a side note, I wish apple would allow the option of greater locking down of app deletions. My 16 month old daughter has a few apps on my phone she loves playing, but she also often accidentally deletes some of my apps.
Please limit her time on the phone, excessive viewing of screens at a young age can expand one's field of view and cause dyslexia.
Re: My iTunes Account Was Hacked for $375 - By My Own Kids
#14On a side note, I wish apple would allow the option of greater locking down of app deletions. My 16 month old daughter has a few apps on my phone she loves playing, but she also often accidentally deletes some of my apps.
Please limit her time on the phone, excessive viewing of screens at a young age can expand one's field of view and cause dyslexia.
Can you link to any citations of this, I'm really curious.