Children's access control on tablet?

[marcplante]

I like the Idea of a Nabi tablet for my kids, but we already have a pair of Lenovo A series tablets. I wish Nabi would license their shell software to install on other devices, but they don't appear to. Has anyone found a solution to manage the access for a 5-7 year old

Restricting access to applications (by time of day or number of hours?)
providing tools to allow children to start to track activities that they might use to earn access to their tablets (Homework, chores, etc).

There seem to be a couple packages in the Google play store, but I wanted to see if anyone had any experiences.

thanks,

 

[crabbyman]

My tablet (cheapo) came with Parental Control built in (Ice Cream Sandwich).

I also downloaded software that does it also. I will have to wait to get home and check.

It is nice in that it is password protected and you choose what programs, files, videos, etc your child can use.

Found it online. I use "Kid Mode".
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zoodles.kidmode

 

[BladeVenom]

Doesn't the Nook come with parental controls? I think that was suppose to be one of it's advantages.

 

[Zodiark1593]

Best parental control solution. Put tablet out of child's reach.

 

[marcplante]

I'm looking for navi (?) Like controls that let the child use the tablet for specific purposes at different times. It's a purpose built android tablets for kids. I asked them if they would seek their image to run on other hardware, but got no answer. Guess I'll have to consider their tablets, though I was going someone out in the market came up with an alternative.

Yes we did stash the tablets, but I would love to leave my daughter's music collection on her tablet instead of buying another device or burning source for her clock radio. They should also start to think about scheduling task lists and other functions that tablets automate for people...why not learn earlier to set up homework and soccer games in your calendar with reminders? They're doing homework online already in 2nd grade. It's time to give them the rest of the tools imo

 

[vi edit]

Check out the Kindle and the FreeTime subscription:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...cId=1000863021

I know a couple people that use that (already have prime) and love it for their kids. I don't think there are time of day restrictions though.

 

[Radeon962]

If it's for an Android phone/tablet check out "Kids Place - Parental Control" in the PlayStore. You can restrict apps and set it so that a reboot brings you right back into Kids Place rather than to the normal home screen. You set a PIN that needs to be entered to get out.

Android 4.3 and up also allows for multiple users and you can restrict program access for other users.