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Originally Posted by Papered Over
I do not want to introduce children to a modern OS such as a iOS or Android systems before they barely know who they are or have reached a level of competent literacy and numeracy. It's much to early introduction in their development and it can be detrimental to various motor and social skills laying the foundation for addictive behaviour and issues unchecked.  |
kids mode on amazon tablets , and probably the google equivalent, completely hides the underlying OS and you as parent have immense control over what they can see and interact with.
e.g. you want no browser - no problem - no social media - ditto.
books and only books if that's what you want, or books & some music, or add in some pre-vetted video - it's your call.
you can also control time spend with device, monitor and track usage.. I doubt you'd get that level of control on any 8 inch e-ink, as those are intended for and marketed for adults.
if there is such a think as an e-ink reader for Kids, I have yet to see it advertised...
with amazon you can even provide a reading age and their kids unlimited program will serve up only stuff that fits, and for multiple kids you can have multiple profile on a device, set to different ages, I doubt you will find that on any e-ink
my daughter, who bans all social media for her kids and will not let Alexa or OK Google through the front door, thinks the Amazon Kids programs are great.