Amazon offers a number of methods you can use to prevent children from making unwanted purchases. Amazon's parental controls can also be used to prevent your children from viewing inappropriate content through Prime Video.

Amazon parental controls can accomplish two important things: prevent kids from making unwanted purchases, and prevent kids from watching shows and movies you don’t approve of. Most parental controls you set through the Amazon website apply to all devices, but some devices have parental controls that must be set locally. Other devices, like the Amazon Echo and Fire tablets, give you even more control over what media your kids consume through Amazon Freetime.

The most important thing you can do to prevent your children from placing unauthorized orders is to disable 1-Click Purchasing. To disable 1-Click Purchasing, navigate to the Amazon One-Click Manager page, log in if prompted, and select Disable 1-Click everywhere.

If you have a teenager and want to give them a little more autonomy, Amazon allows parents to create accounts for teens. By creating a teen account and linking it to your Amazon account, your teen can shop for items on Amazon, place them in a shopping cart, and then send them a message asking you to approve the purchase. This is a great way to prevent unwanted purchases and give your teen some extra freedom.