[unlisted7347]

Ah, you're right. Kid got in contact with predators under parents' supervision.

But seriously, give me your opinion, why this is apple's fault and not parents'? I'm really curious.

[throwaway48540]

I didn't say it was Apple's fault, and it's not the parents' fault either. Sometimes kids playing on the street get run over by a car. It's very unfortunate, but no protection is 100% effective. Closeted kids of overprotective parents that never leave them out of sight usually have much worse outcomes than others.

From my personal experience - my parents didn't try to limit or control my online behavior and usage of a computer at all normally, which got me into few weird situations but also allowed me to learn how to recognize and deal with them. When they tried restrictions as a punishment, they never succeeded in any way. At one point when I was around 12-13 years old I simply bought an older laptop they didn't know about.

Today's smartphones are much cheaper, more powerful and widely available - practically every older classmate has one in a drawer somewhere and will happily sell for a few bucks. Let kids learn how to behave online while unattended, because they will be online unattended.

[unlisted7347]

Why would kids be playing on the street? What the hell.

You're implying a 9 year old is mature to be online. Or that you're never too young for certain things. As if children know what they're doing.

Also, seems like you don't know a difference between sheltered life and raising your children responsibly.