Amazon has rolled out a new tool to help you monitor what your teenage children are doing on the shopping platform. The tool lets you set spend limits and approve different attempted purchases.
Amazon has released a new way for parents to control what their teenage children are buying on the shopping website. The new controls allow teens to shop on Amazon independently but parents will have to approve all orders or set a pre-approved spending limit per order; with these extra controls, parents will be able to avoid their debit cards wandering off into their child’s room as money dwindles from their bank account.
Michael Carr, the Vice President for Amazon Households said:
Once the child finds something they want to buy on Amazon, they can place the order through the app and the parents will receive a text or email showing the item, cost, shipping address, and the payment information, along with any personalized note from the teen to give context about the purchase. By default, parents must approve every order but this can be tweaked in order to set a spending limit instead.
The parent and child each get their own Amazon account, however, the parent has the control over which payment methods and shipping addresses can be used by the child. Amazon’s dedicated page explains more about the function and how to get started.
Source: Amazon
