I think you might have got it - Lots of bad press about kids spending $1000 of mum's credit card dollars on Google Play Store. Better to give the kid an Amazo

I think you might have got it - Lots of bad press about kids spending $1000 of mum's credit card dollars on Google Play Store. Better to give the kid an Amazon Coin account, like a charge card. Amazon do offer an alternate android ecosystem after all.