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Most of the problem you describe here can be overcome by talking with your kids. My 11 year old knows full well that I’m going to say “no” to anything that isn’
by hellweaver666 5y ago
Most of the problem you describe here can be overcome by talking with your kids. My 11 year old knows full well that I’m going to say “no” to anything that isn’t related to his school work or something that we’ve had a prior conversation about. He has his phone for communication and his school scheduling software (isams). No social media, no games. My younger kids have iPads and we use built in functionality to make the App Store entirely invisible to them. If they discover something they like through other means they know they can talk to us and discuss.
It’s really not that difficult to communicate with your kids and then this kind of problem goes away.
- mthoms 5y agoThanks for the well intentioned comment but not all kids are the same. Nor are their needs. I don’t want to get into my child’s details (special needs, learning disability, needs some apps for a special school that he attends) I’ve since cleared all this up with him but that’s not even the point. The point is Apple was charging me (weekly) without providing the means to even see what I was paying for nor the ability to cancel it. It was $10 /week for a ringtone app ($520 per year) which is a blatantly obvious scam. The app had a “3 day” trial which requires the child to cancel 24 hours before the trial period ends. In reality, that is a two day trial. How they can legally call that a three day trial is beyond me. It’s a scam, plain and simple. They should be ashamed.