Wife is thinking about getting her 9 y/o grandson a Kindle Fire tablet for Christmas. Question we have is: can it access the internet just the same as a laptop or other computer? We know it has Wi-Fi capability but we don't know what all it can do with that capability.

Any dangers to turning a 9 y/o loose with something like this?

All advice and info is appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any help you tech-savvy guys can give to an old fart.

Tim

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