[tbcj]

I have two kids and have not once wanted this. What am I missing? Why should I want this?

[viraptor]

To be sure the kid won't accidentally/purposefully:

- factory reset the device

- delete all your emails

- dismiss a (very important notification/message)

- spend $$$k on micro transactions

- change a random setting you never knew existed and don't realise why things suddenly stopped working

(I'm thinking here of young kids below the "understand the technology/responsibility well" age, possibly not able to read yet)

[veidr]

You want it if you yourself use the iPad for more than just watching Netflix, and you ever hand your iPad to your child without locking them into a single app using that feature.

Otherwise, they can do things like delete incoming chat messages you haven't yet read, delete any/all notes/photos/ etc, and a hundred similar things — and in many cases, it's easy to do accidentally.