I'm more than happy to have my kids play their hand held video games or my iPad in the house without headphones, so long as they keep the volume down. But when it's a long car ride or trip, having something on their ears becomes a necessity for peaceful movie watching or game playing. The new ETY kids earphones from Etymotic are made for kids 4 and up, and feature the amazing sound quality they are known for, but with safe sound output levels. That means that kids listen at the highest level safely for up to four hours without you having to monitor the volume setting. Sweet. And because they fit securely into a little kid's ear, they block out background noise so your kids won't feel the need to turn up the volume; they'll hear their game, movie, or music just fine. Don't let them try to fool you.
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I haven't let my kids have earphones yet (luckily, they aren't interested yet), but when I do, I will look into these. Thanks!