Has your child(ren) ever made an unauthorized purchase on one of your accounts?
I left my son to watch tv alone in my room while I switched the laundry over and not 2 minutes went by before I got a notification thanking me for a 1 year peacock subscription of $116.
Luckily Roku refunded me and I’ve since added a pin but now I know it really is that easy for kids to make quick and expensive purchase without us knowing.
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Not personally but I used to work in a phone shop and the amount of kids purchasing stuff on game on their parents phone was insane especially Roblox, it added to their phone bill!
My toddler is 3. She cant read and even if she couldnshe doesn't understand the concept of money really. She knows we use the card and cash to buy things but doesn't fully understand that the money has to be earned hence why her mom leaves us to go to work hahaha
So everything on the tablet is locked down. If she accidentally presses some button on her learning app (they slide in little extra games to purchase) she has to come to me to type in the password 🤣
Shes not allowed to have the tv remote. She knows shes allowed to push the ourselves and play button, that's it. Anytime i caught her playing with it (around like 1.5yrs) ive taken it from her and turned the tv off. So she absolutely knows that she has one button she can touch. She doesn't even pick it up. She just touches the button 🤣🤣
Not me but my parents years ago caught my brothers late night movie purchases. Luckily he was a teenager so they made him pay them back
Mine bought like 2 episodes of paw patrol before
Our 2yr old did! That’s why we had to put parental passcodes on our tvs lol. He’ll just keep clicking on the remotes. That’s how we got so many unauthorized purchases 🤦🏾♀️😂😂
Mine got a hold of our remote and started pressing buttons and before I could reach him he had rented a movie off vudu for $29
Mine got a hold of my kindle and managed to buy a £25 book on how to make your own pasta 😂
Not me but my sister in law got some random packages from Amazon once. My nephew had ordered some new stuff on her credit card 😅
I have parental controls for this reason
Even for myself cuz it’s easy to hit something by accident lol
I was asking my husband if our grocery order was okay and if he wanted to add anything to it and our 3 month old was trying to grab at my screen because she loves colors and hit the confirm purchase button 😂. I know it's not the same as what you're asking but it's at least funny!
No this has never happened
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