What Parents & Educators Need to Know about Amazon Fire Tablets

Carly Page
Experienced technology journalist

Parent Guide

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This week's free online safety guide focuses on Amazon Fire Tablets. It highlights a number of risks such as potential addiction, getting locked out of your device and faulty older models.

A free online safety guide on Amazon Fire Tablets.

The Amazon Fire Tablet is a popular choice: not only are Amazon’s own-brand devices more affordable than most other tablets on the market, but some models are designed specifically for youngsters (the Fire 7 Kids, Fire 8 HD and Fire HD 10 are aimed at ages 3–7, for example, while the ‘Pro’ range is geared toward 6 to 12-year-olds). Fires come with access to a wealth of entertaining content, from child-friendly TV shows and videos to age-appropriate games and ebooks.

In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as potential addiction, getting locked out of your device and faulty older models.

Carly Page

Carly Page is an experienced technology journalist with more than 10 years of experience in the industry. Previously the editor of tech tabloid The INQUIRER, Carly is now a freelance technology journalist, editor and consultant. She now works as news editor for Computer Shopper and IT Pro and writes for a number of publications including Forbes, TechRadar, Tes, The Metro, uSwitch and WIRED.

Carly has also hosted sessions at a number of events, including Computing’s Women in Tech festival and IT Pro Live, and has made a number of appearances on TV and radio.