如果您想要一款适合您孩子的平板电脑，让他们可以轻松地在Netflix、Amazon Video、儿童网站等上享受适合儿童的内容，Amazon Fire平板电脑是完美的解决方案。
为什么Amazon Fire 平板电脑(Amazon Fire tablet)非常适合儿童？它本质上是为了让家庭能够以一种非常容易控制和管理的方式消费不同类型的内容——视频、书籍、音乐等等。
这意味着您会发现嵌入式家庭控件以及为您的孩子创建个人帐户的能力。您可以密切管理和监控这些帐户，以便您的孩子只能看到适合年龄的内容，并且只能看到您每天允许的总屏幕时间。
注意(Note)：以下屏幕截图和设置在Fire HD 10 平板电脑(Fire HD 10 tablet)上。因此，如果您正在寻找对最新款Amazon Fire平板电脑的期望，那么这些屏幕截图对于最新型号应该是准确的。
设置(Set)Amazon Fire 平板电脑子配置(Amazon Fire Tablet Child Profile)文件
关于Amazon Fire(Amazon Fire)平板电脑，首先要了解的是，与Android或 iOS 平板电脑不同，您不必为家长控制安装任何特殊的应用程序或软件。
家长控制嵌入到Amazon Fire平板电脑的系统中。这意味着您的孩子尝试绕过这些控件也将更加困难。
要在设备上为您的孩子创建新帐户，请点击以打开“设置”(Settings)应用。
在此列表中，您需要熟悉几个菜单来管理孩子对设备的使用。不过，要开始使用，请点击个人资料和家庭图书馆(Profiles & Family Library)，以便您可以创建孩子的用户帐户。
在子配置文件(Child Profiles)部分下，点击添加子配置文件(Add a Child Profile)。
在“儿童资料”(Child Profile)页面上，输入您孩子的姓名（仅限名字）、他们的生日和适合年龄的主题。
完成后点击添加个人资料(Add Profile)。
限制孩子使用(Use)Amazon Fire 平板电脑(Amazon Fire Tablet)
返回“个人资料和家庭图书馆(Profile & Family Library)”页面，点击您孩子的新个人资料以开始管理它。您将在此处看到要调整的选项：
- 每日目标（例如观看至少一定分钟的教育视频）
- 管理孩子对平板电脑存储空间的使用
- 调整(Adjust)孩子的年龄过滤器（随着年龄的增长，这很有用）
- 添加(Add)或删除他们可以看到或看不到的特定网页或视频
- 网页设置
- 相机设置
- 允许您的孩子访问锁定屏幕
- 启用 Amazon Kids+ 订阅
此个人资料页面上最强大的设置是设置每日目标和时间限制(Set Daily Goals & Time Limits)的能力。
您可以在此处调整允许他们在白天查看Amazon Kids内容的时间。
您还可以为他们设定您希望他们每天达到的教育目标。您可以每天给他们一定的时间，让他们：
- 使用教育应用
- 阅读教育书籍
- 收听教育有声有声读物(Audible audiobooks)
- 观看教育视频。
您甚至可以阻止Amazon Kids+上的所有娱乐内容，直到他们完成您为当天设定的教育目标！
当然，在Amazon Kids+上设置控件并不会真正限制您的孩子每天使用平板电脑的时间。因此，如果您向下滚动一点，您会看到一个设置每天总屏幕时间的选项。(Total Screen Time)
您还可以选择按活动类型限制时间(Time by Activity Type)。这为您提供了更多微调控制：
- 使用应用程序
- 在读书(Reading books)
- 听有声
- 看视频
- 浏览网页
显然，有些活动更具生产力和教育意义，因此减少对有助于促进孩子发展的活动的限制是有意义的。
返回个人资料页面，如果您点击管理存储，您还可以密切关注您的孩子正在保存到平板电脑的内容。只需(Just)点击查看内容(View Contents)即可查看它们保存到设备的内容。
如果他们使用太多存储空间，只需点击立即存档(Archive Now)即可清理内容并清除内存。
在Amazon Fire 平板电脑(Amazon Fire Tablet)上管理您孩子的内容(Content)
返回您孩子的个人资料(Profile)页面，点击年龄(Age) 过滤器(Filters)以调整他们可以在Amazon Kids+和 Amazon 的网络浏览器上看到的内容。
将年龄过滤器(Age Filters)切换为开，并将滑块调整到适当的年龄。它应该设置为您在其原始个人资料中输入的年龄。但是，有些父母可以接受他们的孩子看到适合几岁孩子的内容。这取决于您孩子的成熟度——只有您知道什么适合他们看。
由于您的孩子在没有家长控制(Parental Controls)密码的情况下无法安装应用程序，因此您不必担心他们会安装其他浏览器来绕过这些控制。
在他们的个人资料页面上点击添加内容(Add Content)以添加您可以让他们观看的特定网站或视频，即使他们的年龄过滤器通常会阻止它。
点击添加网站(Add Websites)，然后使用搜索字段查找网站并将其添加为批准的内容。
如果Amazon Kids团队已经为他们的年龄组预先批准了这个，您会看到一条消息报告这个。您可以选择星形图标将其添加为您孩子的最爱。
微调网页内容控件的另一个地方是向下滚动您孩子的个人资料页面并点击限制网页内容(Limit Web Content)。
这将打开一个窗口，您可以在其中查看和编辑您添加的网站或视频。
点击顶部的“设置”(Settings)选项卡以启用或禁用您是否想让您的孩子看到Amazon Kids+团队认为适合他们年龄的任何内容。强烈建议将其保持打开状态，这样您就不必花费太多时间添加和删除特定内容。
您还可以禁用您的孩子是否可以访问存储 cookie 的网站。
注意(Note)：禁用 cookie 可能会严重限制网站的功能，因此除非绝对必要，否则请限制您使用此功能。
在您孩子个人资料的网络设置(Web Settings)部分下，只需点击查看您孩子的网络历史记录(View Your Child’s Web History)即可查看家长仪表板(Parent Dashboard)，您可以在其中查看您孩子在过去 90 天内访问过的任何网站或内容。
设置和调整家长控制(Adjusting Parental Controls)
返回“设置”菜单，选择“家长控制(Parental Controls)”以调整设备的“家长控制(Parental Controls)”设置和密码。
首次访问“设置”(Settings)菜单的此部分时，您需要设置新密码。
在让您的孩子第一次使用该设备之前，这样做很重要。此密码将阻止在不使用家长控制(Parental Controls)密码的情况下安装新应用或更改任何设备设置。
您可以在家长控制(Parental Controls)菜单中：
- 管理(Manage)设备上所有孩子的个人资料
- 允许(Allow)或禁用您的孩子是否可以将应用固定到主屏幕（一些家长会阻止此操作以避免混乱）
- 限制(Restrict)对设备上特定应用的访问
- 密码(Password)保护某些活动，例如使用定位服务、更改设置等
- 阻止(Block)访问亚马逊(Amazon)商店和进行购买
Amazon Fire 平板电脑(Amazon Fire Tablet)上的儿童(Kids)内容
既然您已经对平板电脑进行了所有配置和保护，因此您的孩子可以安全、负责任地使用它，他们可以用它做什么？
老实说，仅基于可用内容， Amazon Fire平板电脑可能是为儿童设计的最精心设计的平板电脑之一。(Amazon Fire)
事实上，为您的孩子添加Amazon Kids帐户几乎是一项基本要求。它打开了一扇专为儿童精心策划的精彩内容世界的大门。另外，它不贵而且物有所值。
孩子们可以在平板电脑上访问什么？首先， Kindle 商店(Kindle Store)的儿童电子书专区提供适合年龄的儿童读物，让您的孩子的想象力不断飙升。
如果亚马逊 Fire(Amazon Fire)平板电脑对任何事情都有好处，那么阅读书籍是最重要的。
还有亚马逊音乐(Amazon Music)应用程序的儿童音乐(Music)部分，其中包含您孩子可以收听的整个音乐库。如果您有Amazon Echo(an Amazon Echo)，您的孩子可以告诉Alexa在那里播放音乐。
无论他们只是和朋友一起过夜，还是放学后放松，获得适合年龄的音乐都是向您的孩子介绍音乐欣赏的好方法。
还有亚马逊应用商店的(Amazon Appstore)家庭(Family)版块，里面塞满了适合年龄的游戏和其他内容，让您的孩子在长途驾车中尽情享受。
注意：要在驾车期间使用Amazon Fire平板电脑，您需要在智能手机上启用热点功能，(enable the hotspot feature on your smartphone)以便您的孩子在旅途中访问您的互联网连接。
最后，您拥有Amazon Prime Video的(Amazon Prime Video)儿童(Kids)部分，其中包含儿童节目和电影，可以让您的孩子享受适合年龄的内容。
亚马逊 Fire 平板电脑非常(Amazon Fire Tablet Is Perfect)适合儿童(Kids)
对于Android和 iOS 设备，甚至Windows和Mac计算机，您需要安装家长控制软件(parental control software)，而这些软件并不总是易于设置和配置。
Amazon Fire平板电脑是父母的梦想成真。特别是对于年幼的孩子。通过将家长控制功能嵌入操作系统本身，您不必担心这些控制是否会在您不知情的情况下被绕过或禁用。
很高兴在亚马逊的大部分在线服务中为孩子们提供了如此多的教育和娱乐内容——所以你永远不会用完你的孩子可以观看或使用平板电脑做的事情。
Why the Amazon Fire Tablet Is Great for Kids
If you want a tablet for your kіds that makes it very easy for them to enjoy child-appropriate content on Netflix, Amаzоn Video, children’ѕ wеbsites, and more, the Amazon Fire tablet is the perfeсt solution.
Why is the Amazon Fire tablet great for kids? It was essentially designed to enable families to consume different types of content – videos, books, music, and more – in a way that’s very easy to control and manage.
That means you’ll find embedded family controls and the ability to create individual accounts for your children. You can closely manage and monitor those accounts so that your kids are only seeing age-appropriate content, and only for the total screen time that you’ve allowed per day.
Note: The following screenshots and settings are on the Fire HD 10 tablet. So if you’re looking for what to expect on the latest Amazon Fire tablet, these screenshots should be accurate for the latest model.
Set Up the Amazon Fire Tablet Child Profile
The first thing to know about the Amazon Fire tablet is that unlike Android or iOS tablets, you don’t have to install any special apps or software for parental controls.
Parental controls are embedded into the system on an Amazon Fire tablet. That means those controls will also be far more difficult for your kids to try and bypass.
To create new accounts on the device for your children, tap to open the Settings app.
In this list there are a couple of menus you’ll need to become familiar with to manage your child’s use of the device. To get started though, tap Profiles & Family Library so you can create your child’s user account.
Under the Child Profiles section, tap Add a Child Profile.
On the Child Profile page, type your child’s name (first name only), their birthday, and the age appropriate theme.
Tap Add Profile when you’re done.
Limit Your Child’s Use of the Amazon Fire Tablet
Back on the Profile & Family Library page, tap your child’s new profile to start managing it. You’ll see options here to adjust:
- Daily goals (like viewing at least a certain number of minutes of educational videos)
- Manage your child’s use of the tablet’s storage space
- Adjust your child’s age filters (this is useful as they get older)
- Add or remove specific web pages or videos they can or can’t see
- Web settings
- Camera settings
- Allow your child to access the lock screen
- Enable an Amazon Kids+ subscription
The most powerful setting on this profile page is the ability to Set Daily Goals & Time Limits.
This is where you can adjust the time of day when they’re allowed to view Amazon Kids content during the day.
You can also give them educational goals you’d like them to reach each day. You can give them a certain amount of time each day you’d like them to:
- Use educational apps
- Read educational books
- Listen to educational Audible audiobooks
- Watch educational videos.
You can even block all entertainment content on Amazon Kids+ until they’ve accomplished the educational goals you’ve set for the day!
Of course setting controls on Amazon Kids+ doesn’t really limit how much time your child uses the tablet itself every day. So if you scroll down a little you’ll see an option to set Total Screen Time per day.
You also have the option to limit Time by Activity Type instead. This gives you more fine-tune controls over:
- Using apps
- Reading books
- Listening to Audible
- Watching videos
- Browsing the web
Obviously some activities are more productive and educational, so it makes sense to reduce limitations on the activities that serve to improve your child’s development.
Back on the profile page, if you tap Manage Storage, you can also keep an eye on what your child is saving to the tablet. Just tap View Contents to see what they’re saving to the device.
If they use too much storage, just tap Archive Now to clean things up and clear out memory.
Manage Your Child’s Content on the Amazon Fire Tablet
Back on your child’s Profile page, tap Age Filters to adjust what content they can see on Amazon Kids+ and Amazon’s web browser.
Toggle Age Filters to On, and adjust the slider to the appropriate age. It should be set to the age you entered into their original profile. However, some parents are okay with their children seeing content that’s appropriate for children that are a few years older. It depends on the maturity of your child – only you know what’s appropriate for them to see.
Since your child can’t install apps without the Parental Controls password, you don’t have to worry about them installing some other browser to get around these controls.
Tap Add Content on their profile page to add specific websites or videos that you’re fine with them viewing, even if their age filter would normally block it.
Tap Add Websites, and use the search field to find the website and add it as approved content.
If the Amazon Kids team has already pre-approved this for their age group, you’ll see a message reporting this. You can select the star icon to add it as a favorite for your child.
Another place to fine-tune web content controls is by scrolling down your child’s profile page and tapping Limit Web Content.
This will open a window where you can view and edit the sites or videos you’ve added.
Tap the Settings tab at the top to enable or disable whether you want to let your child see anything the Amazon Kids+ team has deemed appropriate for their age. It is highly recommended to leave this turned on so that you don’t have to spend so much time adding and removing specific content.
You can also disable whether your child can visit websites that store cookies.
Note: Disabling cookies could severely limit the functionality of websites so limit your use of this feature unless it’s absolutely necessary.
Under the Web Settings section of your child’s profile, just tap View Your Child’s Web History to see the Parent Dashboard where you can review any sites or content your child has visited in the past 90 days.
Setting and Adjusting Parental Controls
Back on the Settings menu, select Parental Controls to adjust the devices Parental Controls settings and the password.
The first time you visit this section of the Settings menu, you’ll need to set up your new password.
It’s important to do this before letting your child use the device for the first time. This password will block installing new apps or changing any device settings without using the Parental Controls password.
The Parental Controls menu is where you can:
- Manage all of your children’s profiles on the device
- Allow or disable whether your children can pin apps to the home screen (some parents block this in order to avoid clutter)
- Restrict access to specific apps on the device
- Password protect certain activities like using location services, changing settings, and more
- Block access to the Amazon store and making purchases
Content for Kids on the Amazon Fire Tablet
Now that you’ve got the tablet all configured and secured so your child can use it safely and responsibly, what will they be able to do with it?
Honestly, the Amazon Fire tablet is probably one of the most well-designed tablets for kids, just based on the available content alone.
In fact, adding an Amazon Kids account for your child is almost a basic requirement. It opens up the door to an entire world of amazing content specially curated for children. Plus, it’s inexpensive and well worth the cost.
What can kids access on the tablet? For starters, there’s the Children’s eBooks section of the Kindle Store, with age-appropriate children’s books that’ll keep your child’s imagination soaring.
If the Amazon Fire tablet is good for anything, reading books is at the very top of the list.
There’s also the Children’s Music section of the Amazon Music app, with a whole library of music your child can listen to. And if you have an Amazon Echo, your child can tell Alexa to play the music there.
Whether they’re just having a sleepover with friends, or relaxing after school, access to age appropriate music is a great way to introduce your child to music appreciation.
There’s also the Family section of the Amazon Appstore, chock-full of age-appropriate games and other content to keep your child entertained on those long car rides.
Note: To use the Amazon Fire tablet during drives, you’ll need to enable the hotspot feature on your smartphone so your child can access your internet connection during the trip.
Finally, you’ve got the Kids section of Amazon Prime Video, with children’s shows and movies that’ll keep your child entertained with age-appropriate content.
Amazon Fire Tablet Is Perfect for Kids
With Android and iOS devices, or even Windows and Mac computers, you need to install parental control software that’s not always easy to set up and configure.
An Amazon Fire tablet is a parent’s dream come true. Especially for much younger children. With the parental control features embedded right into the operating system itself, you don’t have to worry about whether those controls can be bypassed or disabled without your knowledge.
It’s also nice that there’s so much educational and entertainment content available for children throughout most of Amazon’s online services – so you’ll never run out of things for your kids to watch or do with the tablet.
