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Kids today are growing up with a very different relationship to music than their parents did. CDs, cassettes and boomboxes may be making a comeback, as evident on TikTok and across retailers, but for the most part, kids are growing up in a world where music is streamed rather than played from a physical collection. Yes, most kids have iPads, but assuming they are monitored by parents and confiscated at bedtime, how do kids who are too young for phones storm down the hall to their room, slam the door and blare their favorite bands? We all did this, right?

For younger kids, a screen-free speaker like the Amazon Echo Dot Kids gives them an option for listening to music, audiobooks and stories on their own. It makes particular sense for kids growing up in a CD-free generation.

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A screen-free smart speaker made for kids with age-appropriate music, thousands of audiobooks, Alexa+ learning and storytelling features plus customizable bedtime routines. Parents get privacy controls, remote monitoring and a two-year worry-free replacement guarantee.

The Echo Dot Kids also comes with plenty of features parents will appreciate. Alexa+ can answer questions, help with homework, share fun facts, play knowledge-testing games and help kids create their own stories. The new Sleep Studio offers calming music, sounds and stories from Calm, Headspace and Moshi, while parents can use the Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard to set bedtime playlists, wind-down reminders, alarms and daily routines.

Music from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and Pandora is filtered for explicit lyrics. Amazon Kids+ also gives kids access to ad-free podcasts, radio stations and thousands of audiobooks, including Disney and Marvel titles and classic fiction. The speaker comes in Dragon, Owl, Rainbow Swirl and Stardust designs. It includes one year of Amazon Kids+ plus privacy controls, remote monitoring and a two-year worry-free replacement guarantee.

Sophie Dunne is an E-Commerce Writer at Penske Media Corporation, writing across Billboard, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, WWD and Footwear News. Originally from Ireland and based in Los Angeles, she previously worked at Static Media as a writer and editor across all brands, covering entertainment, lifestyle, fashion, shopping, sex and relationships, travel, home and garden, tech, health and wellness, history, and food. Her bylines have appeared in Women’s Health, The List, Women.com, Islands, Grunge, WebMD, and more. Before beginning her writing career in 2019, Sophie lived in Dubai for four years working as an Emirates Cabin Crew Member. Having traveled to 71 countries with the airline, she began writing for an LA-based publication as a travel writer during her final year. Sophie has a degree in Humanities from Carlow College, St. Patrick’s (now South East Technological University) in her native Ireland. She studied English, history, philosophy, and psychology.