You may not need to buy an extreme case IMO. My 5 kids have had mostly free reign on a first-gen retina iPad in a $15 pink fake-leather case, over the course of

You may not need to buy an extreme case IMO. My 5 kids have had mostly free reign on a first-gen retina iPad in a $15 pink fake-leather case, over the course of 7 years. Somehow it still works just fine (I guess we won the battery lottery).