Kindle for Kids: A Parent’s Guide for the Kindle Fire HD helps you give your child a tablet that's safe and age-appropriate for his or her use!
Kindle for Kids: A Parent’s Guide for the Kindle Fire HD is the clearly-written, no hassle-guide that you need for getting familiar with the Kindle Fire HD and HDX, and in particular, your guide to creating proper parental controls and Kindle FreeTime settings for the children in your household.
FreeTime, provided with every Kindle Fire HD and HDX, can prevent unpleasant surprises on your credit card statement after you discover that your darling 6 year old daughter has been buying extra points for hours on end while playing her favorite video game over the past month. It can prevent your 10 year old twin sons from exploring the wonders of adult-only web sites that they have no business visiting. And it can allow your children time to use their Kindle Fire, without letting the amount of time get completely out of control.
You will find plenty of books that teach you how to use your Kindle Fire, but unfortunately, very few show you how to provide a safe environment for children. That is a major focus of this book. You need this book because you care about your child or children and you want to be sure that they use their Kindle Fire appropriately. At the same time, your life is hectic enough with the demands of parenthood, and you want to put a safe device into your child's eager hands with a minimal amount of hassle. This book will show you how to accomplish that goal. Chapter 2 will get you up and running with your family's new Kindle Fire HD. And in chapter 3, you will learn how to make use of two powerful tools- Free Time and Parental Controls. These will let you as a parent effectively keep your kids in an entertaining yet safe environment.
Kindle for Kids: A Parent’s Guide for the Kindle Fire HD and HDX comes from the pen of Edward Jones, the principal technology writer behind the "Get-it-Done" series of computer books. Jones is an experienced computer and technology writer, database applications development analyst, consultant, and trainer who understands the issues faced by people dealing with technology, day in and day out. His career spans years of technology training, database development, and consulting services for major law firms and government agencies in the Washington, DC area, and he currently resides in Charlotte, NC where he is concentrating on providing publications to the rapidly growing digital marketplace. Jones is also a best-selling author whose printed titles have sold over one million copies, and he has served as a technical editor on numerous computer books.
