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    Mom Issues Warning After Age 6 Son Racks Up $16,293.10 in Charges on iPad

    Kids playing games on a phone or iPad might seem like a harmless thing and an easy way to mollify them or keep them busy, but one mom recently learned that their gaming decisions can have brutal real-life consequences.


    Jessica Johnson from Wilton, Connecticut, has a 6-year-old who loves playing video games on an iPad. It shouldn’t have been such an issue except for two vital points: Her PayPal account was linked to the iPad, and she’d set a password — but she thinks her settings only asked for a one-time password entry.


    So her son spent part of his summer playing Sonic Forces and making staggering in-game purchases that Johnson had no clue about.


    In all, she was hit with an Apple App Store bill for $16,293.10 — absurd enough to sound like a joke, but this was no laughing matter.


    She tried to contest the charges with her bank, but they confirmed that she would be held responsible for them. After she reached out to Apple, they refunded part of the staggering amount.



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    oy And apple refunded part of the amount. LOLOL how much was that do you suppose? and..just asking here...what kind of an idiot turns a six year loose with something like this?

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    this is her warning.


    “As a mother of young children, I thought it was important for other parents to be aware of it,” Johnson said. “It’s unfortunate, because we’re all in a pandemic, we’re all working from home.”
    “We are working really hard to keep our kids entertained while getting work done. We’re [sometimes] inclined to say, ‘Here, take the iPad.’ I think, clearly, it backfired in my case.”

    Clearly she doesn't have some line of communication with the kid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calypso Jones View Post
    this is her warning.


    “As a mother of young children, I thought it was important for other parents to be aware of it,” Johnson said. “It’s unfortunate, because we’re all in a pandemic, we’re all working from home.”
    “We are working really hard to keep our kids entertained while getting work done. We’re [sometimes] inclined to say, ‘Here, take the iPad.’ I think, clearly, it backfired in my case.”

    Clearly she doesn't have some line of communication with the kid.
    Yeah...I was kinda' waffling on how much sympathy I had for her. This kid doesn't have other games/toys to play with besides her ipad?

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    Liberals raising more liberals.

    Let technology raise your brain dead brats, then complain about it and make it someone else's fault!!!
    As usual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chaidragonfire View Post
    Liberals raising more liberals.

    Let technology raise your brain dead brats, then complain about it and make it someone else's fault!!!
    As usual.
    Even the big tech rulers.....have restricted how much time their kids could use these devices:
    https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/how-...-tech-use.html

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    There are so many prices to pay for convenience and literal in this case!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calypso Jones View Post
    oy And apple refunded part of the amount. LOLOL how much was that do you suppose? and..just asking here...what kind of an idiot turns a six year loose with something like this?
    Sounds like a fairly bright six year old.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Calypso Jones View Post
    oy And apple refunded part of the amount. LOLOL how much was that do you suppose? and..just asking here...what kind of an idiot turns a six year loose with something like this?
    A speshal kind of lazy parenting moron.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    Sounds like a fairly bright six year old.
    I'll bet mom doesn't underestimate him in the future. If she does, after this, she's totally to blame.

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