To Gandalf1369, who said the following: Seems to me that the above items should be controlled by the parents and not the device's manufacturer. It just seems too easy now-a-days to get someone else to take over our responsibilities.
And To Sygram, who said the following: I'm sorry, but are you people for real? The last few post here seem made up to me. Does everyone really want the Nanny State to take over for you? Do all of you have some kind of blocking software on your PCs? Do you have the V-chip activated on your television? Do you follow your children to their friends homes?
You must not have kids.
The books and apps are worth the risks, which is why we bought it, but that doesn't mean we allow them open access to the internet without any restrictions. That would be the equivalent of having violent and obscene books, images, and videos lying around your house and just telling your children not to let curiosity get the best of them. It's human nature to be curious and explore, and we can't sit with them hand-in-hand every moment they are looking at their e-reader. That’s not good parenting either.
Parents who are looking for parental controls are the ones who are doing the job of parents. It’s the parents who think they know what their kids are doing (so they think that they don’t have to implement controls) who are being irresponsible. Even the best kids could accidentally (or on purpose) come across some seriously disturbing images/content on the internet – we all know that.
We are just trying to let our kids be kids for a while before having to face the reality that there are seriously twisted individuals in our society that post images and content that would be offensive to 99.9% of society. We have to do our best to protect them from this garbage while not sheltering them so much that they don’t ever get to benefit from the perks of technology.
