Kids as we know nowadays spend a lot of money on games, it might be under the parents will or without.For example there was an article where a 16 year old kid from punjab had spent about 16 lakh rupees from his father's bank account without his knowledge and in my opinion I would say it is pure addiction to PUBG. I don't play PUBG and the most I have spent on games is 400 rupees which I think is the most any minor is allowed to spend
I think to stop this, parents should not have their account details saved in any gadget, so the child can't access it and the other thing is parents should learn to say no to their child or else it will keep on going and it will never stop. Parents should set limits and what not so even if the kids cross or if they don't stick to it they know they have to stop and eventually will.
Other things parents have to do is to explain what is wrong or right about spending money on game. If the child is playing on a PS4 or Nintendo they can set money limits by restricting the money spent in the console since both the consoles are very child friendly.
The bigger problem right now is since kids are in lockdown and schools are closed kids are focused more on video games than anything else to keep themselves occupied.This again leads to kids spending huge amounts of money for in-game purchases. Studies also show even if the parental lock is available only 1 in 5 parents use it.
There is another option available called family suite which you have to pay for. Using this you can monitor your child’s activity and suppose they want to buy a game microsoft will ask you whether or not to allow it. You will also get all the apps like word,powerpoint etc.The family suite by microsoft gives you one TB storage in one drive so you can share files with your whole family.You can also set boundaries for the websites your child can visit.You can also see where your family members are so you can basically track them for safety issues.
