[workbench]

If you hand your tablet off to your child like that unsupervised you're a bad parent anyway.

Finding it really hard to sympathise with these people who can't look after their own offspring responsibly

[takluyver]

Why? It's an interactive device that they can play Tetris or Angry Birds on. It's not a stick of dynamite. Most parents will be more worried about what the kid does to the tablet than vice versa. It's only a risky item because some people can't stand the idea of there being any way to access the internet that doesn't include all of the less salubrious bits.

[jiggy2011]

Really? A 13 year old is still a child, would you still insist they can't use any computer device without somebody watching over their shoulder?