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From: Ian McCall on 8 Aug 2010 14:18
I'm considering going the allowance route for my eldest with an iTunes
account. Thing is, I'm not sure how to limit explicit lyrics etc..
She's 8, and whilst I'm not exactly a tyrant there's still a bit of
shielding to be done.

So...is there any way of limiting an account so that it can't be used
to buy explicit tracks?


Cheers,
Ian

From: Paul Grayson on 8 Aug 2010 15:15
On Aug 8, 7:18 pm, Ian McCall <i...(a)eruvia.org> wrote:

> I'm considering going the allowance route for my eldest with an iTunes
> account. Thing is, I'm not sure how to limit explicit lyrics etc..
> She's 8, and whilst I'm not exactly a tyrant there's still a bit of
> shielding to be done.
>
> So...is there any way of limiting an account so that it can't be used
> to buy explicit tracks?

There's various parental controls in iTunes which can be used to limit
access to particular material. Look under Preferences.
From: Rowland McDonnell on 8 Aug 2010 16:03
Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote:

> I'm considering going the allowance route for my eldest with an iTunes
> account. Thing is, I'm not sure how to limit explicit lyrics etc..
> She's 8, and whilst I'm not exactly a tyrant there's still a bit of
> shielding to be done.
>
> So...is there any way of limiting an account so that it can't be used
> to buy explicit tracks?

Yes, you work out what *YOU* mean by `explicit tracks' and monitor all
use of iTunes by the person you're concerned about so that they don't
get access to anything *YOU* disapprove of.

Even if there is some sort of `keep me safe' mechanism, it relies on
someone else's judgement which won't match yours.

(Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg, sang Bobby P. - and I
still can't undestand how he kept a straight face. But would that line
be a problem for a seven year old? <shrug>)

Rowland.

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From: Ian McCall on 8 Aug 2010 18:12
On 2010-08-08 21:03:38 +0100,
real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) said:

> Yes, you work out what *YOU* mean by `explicit tracks' and monitor all
> use of iTunes by the person you're concerned about so that they don't
> get access to anything *YOU* disapprove of.
>
> Even if there is some sort of `keep me safe' mechanism, it relies on
> someone else's judgement which won't match yours.

Well...yes and no. Yes, and that's how I'll initially run things. But
eventually you have to trust the person - I'll supervise and check
closely of course, but the aim is to actually -get- someone else's
judgement which doesn't match mine - that's part of her growing up (in
fact she's already asked me for what I consider to be crimes against
music, Justin Bieber tracks. Ye gods). The point is to allow that
judgement to grow in a safe environment before it inevitably branches
out years later.


Cheers,
Ian

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