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Elfwreck,
My daughter is pretty strict in some ways in that area. The kids received a M3 player and C decided to out a chip or something and put it in backwards, forcing it. He broke it, basically, and he had to pay for a new one out of the Christmas money he had received (it was a cheap one). Then, he was grounded from it and the Wii for two weeks.
They take better care of their electronic toys than she does of my pback books she borrows, they have been returned with spills, torn covers and ripped pages. I would trust them better, to some extent, than her, LOL. I had been concerned about their treatment as I know they are hard on their toys, but after seeing them with their netbooks, I feel at least somewhat more confident he would be careful.
As for if he breaks it, or lets others break it, then he would be out a ereader; I wouldn't replace it. It would be a learning experience of being responsible of his "toys". An expensive one and that is a factor in buying him one. Between $60 and $80 we would take the chance, but at around the price of $140, that has us being more hesitant.
My main concern is, would he be responsible in other areas? Would he lay it down somewhere and lose it? Or he might let his siblings use it and they not be as careful. That is a worry and so I wanted to find out how other kids take care of theirs.
That is what I am looking for here, how other kids have treated theirs, each child is different, but I can get a general idea of treatment.
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