I have blocked Safari and YouTube from our iPads, set parental controls etc. yet my son has figured out how to bypass these restrictions by hitting the view trailers button in Angry Birds Apps. Anyone know how to stop fix this besides deleting app?

If you have Restrictions set then you must be running an original iPad with iOS 5. There is no way to delete the YouTube app. You might check the settings in the Angry Birds app and see if they have a restriction.

I came across the same behaviour clicking links in a 4+ Magazine. I pointed this out to Apple and disabling safari is actually irrelevant. You need to also restrict the web-sites. Disabling safari simply hides the icon, restricting the web-sites prevents browsing. Limiting the adult content is not enough, you have to just list the specific sites, which if you disabled safari will be none...

I hope this helps, and I hope Apple recognise how serious a problem this is. You can also access the internet from Google Maps, Magazines or any application which uses an embedded browser or web links. The issue for us as parents is we won't know which apps use embedded browsers or web links, so it is imperative we also restrict the web-sites.

If you get the opportunity, please spread the word among your friends.

Or one could just take away the iPad privilege. You know, use it correctly or it'll be taken away kind of thing. Seems to me it's the parents responsibility to correct the child's behaviour while on the iPad, not Apple.

Of course it is a parent's responsibility, but it would be nice if others were willing to help if they have that ability. If Apple are going to allow applications into a store with an age rating of 4+, they need to fully explain what a rating of 4+ actually means and how a parent can use that information responsibly. They devised the rating, so they need to let us know what it means. If they see any disinformation, they need to correct it,. If they see videos providing false information about how their parental controls work, they need to be correcting this information. Why didn't a single Apple employee reply to this thread?

I, for one, would never expect a 4+ application to get unrestricted access to the internet if I had disabled safari. Delegating the blame to the parents is just the type of socially irresponsible comment which prevents the world becoming safer for our children and lift just a little of the burden parents face bringing up the future.

So yes, we parents need to be fully aware that a child is never safe with our new technologies because despite the PR about how kid safe they are, or the great parental controls, they are meaningless unless we are fully informed...

No one from Apple responded because they aren't here. This is a peer-to-peer technical support site and no one here can answer your "why" questions nor are we supposed to discuss Apple policy. Look at the bottom right of this page and you will find a "Contact Us" link for reaching Apple.

You might be able to set some additional restrictions with your WiFi router or just turn it off while the children are playing games.