How To Register Kindle Fire For A Child

Those who haven t made one yet have the option to create an account.

How to register kindle fire for a child. Fill in the text boxes for your child s name birthday and gender. Add an image name and select either use fire for kids or use teen profiles. Here we re talking specifically about kindle ebook readers rather than fire tablets although in many cases the same information applies. If you have more than one child you can setup another by going to the settings pull from the top for a menu then profiles family library. You can add things that you ve already bought as well as signing their account up to a fire for kids unlimited monthly subscription.

The directions will appear on the kindle fire screen. If you don t have a parental controls password. It s also great for sharing select media with a child or sharing one kindle fire with multiple children of different ages. On your home screen when it is done installing find the freetime app click that and setup your first kids profile. A kindle needs to be registered to an amazon account.

Tap add content and then pick the category e g games apps and select the apps you want to allow. Open the fire for kids app and open the profile of the child you want to grant access to. From the add child profile screen select tap to set photo to add a profile picture. Create and confirm a password and then tap continue. If your child is 13 or older you can set up an amazon account for them and register their kindle under it.

Inside there click add a child until everyone is added. Select profiles family library and add child. However registering it under your account will allow you to share apps between kindles and not have to purchase them again. If you re getting a new kindle specifically for a child then you need to decide whether you re going have it linked to their. Those who already have an amazon account will just need to login into their account.

Creating a child profile is easy and can be done in just a minute or two. For the younger children you ll want their kindle registered to your amazon account but with all the parental controls engaged so there s no access to your account cloud or the web browser. The kindle registration process is simple. If you d like to create additional profiles tap add another child. Set the pin if you haven t already.