An iPad is a nice tool for kids, it plays a great role in exposing them to the world of information technology, make them connect with the outside world and also help them in their academics and other learning process. But the iPad could also act as a dangerous tool that can put the kid and the parents at great financial and social risk if certain precautions are not taken to make it safe and child friendly.

Here are some simple steps to make your iPad kid friendly:

1) Set up parental control

Parental control helps restrict your kids’ access to information or applications that you would not want them to access. This option makes your iPad kid friendly by allowing your kid to use the iPad without accessing potentially dangerous or unsafe data or apps. The Apple iOS comes with some great parental control features that parents or guardians can make use of in other to make their iPad safe and friendlier for the kids.

Here’s how to use parental controls on your child’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch »

Notable among them include a list of applications and their various features that can easily be toggled on or off. The restriction you create here will depend on the features you will not want the kid to have access to, this include installing or deleting applications.

2) Disable the In-App Purchase option

Disabling the In App Purchase option prevents the kid from unpermitted purchase of games and other applications, thus, saving you from unnecessary and unwanted expenditure. This can be done using the In App Purchase option.

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3) Restrict apps installation and delete function

If this option is not restricted, your kid might be able to install harmful apps and have access to them without your notice. The delete app option helps keep all your application safe from accidental removal by the kid. So it is important to restrict deleting of application if you want your apps to be intact in the iPad.

4) Website restriction

Some other restrictions you might want to set in the iPad include access to websites that have adult contents like pornography, nudity and explicit strong words. The type of restriction you set to make your iPad kid friendly depends on what you feel is right or wrong for your kid.

5) Install a kid friendly browser

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6) Get a separate iPad case cover

In other to protect the casing of the iPad and make it last longer, it is advisable that protective cover is used to protect the iPad from external damages which might result as a result of rough handle by the kid. There are several third party iPad case cover manufacturers out there with stylishly designed and durable covers one can easily select from.

7) Turn off the erase data feature

An iPad comes with an erase data option that could either be turned off or on. This option is very important to iPad users as it allows the iPad reset itself after 10 unsuccessful attempts of inputting the right password to a password protected iPad. This self reset also erases important information like phone numbers, contacts, messages and lots more. Although this is a great protective tools that helps protects the iPad owners from unauthorised access to their personal information, this might become a problem if one’s kid get access to the iPad and playfully input the wrong password 10 times. In other to avoid this prevent this great loss which could be disastrous in some cases, it is advised that the parents or guardian turnoff the erase data option in the iPad. This will make the iPad more kid friendly and enables the kid play with the iPad without any risk of loss of data.

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