You need to create a profile for your child, which will determine their level of access and allow you to monitor their activity.
Go to Amazon Household and click Add a Teen (intended for ages 13-17) or Add a Child (intended for ages 12 and under). You will be asked for the child’s name, gender and date of birth. Also choose an icon to represent your child.
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Free Preparedness Songs for Kids (preparation songs on more topics than fire safety)
You will find a variety of free disaster preparedness songs in my post at Bits of positivity.
Is Free Fire safe for children?
The usual caveats with online games apply: Cyberbullying is always a problem and children may find themselves interacting with much older players who may not realize they are playing with someone who is still in elementary school. There are in-app tools for reporting inappropriate behavior, and the company also monitors their social media accounts for support requests and complaints.
Children under 13 are technically not allowed to join Free Fire without parental permission, a rule that extends until they come of age in their jurisdiction. Parents can contact the company to cancel an account and disable the game, but first you need to know that it’s being played.
Is Free Fire safe for children?
- While not gory, the violence in Free Fire is realistic. There is blood and players moan in pain before falling to their deaths.
- Free Fire players can chat directly with strangers who may use inappropriate language or be potential sexual predators or data thieves.
- Free Fire blocks suspicious accounts, but the app remains susceptible to hackers who ruin games and can steal personal information. In fact, in the first few weeks of 2021, Free Fire banned over 2.9 million accounts for some form of hacking or cheating.
- From the very beginning, Free Fire encourages players to purchase virtual currency, buy weapons and costumes, and play games of chance. Via continuous ads or bundled as missions, the pressure to make in-app purchases is very heavy on Free Fire.
- Free Fire sexualizes characters, some female characters wear revealing clothing.
- Excessive playing of Free Fire, like any screen activity that requires intense concentration, causes eye strain. (According to our analysis at the end of February 2021, the average child between the ages of 4 and 15 plays an average of 74 minutes a day on Free Fire!)
- Free Fire has no control native parental.