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It can be easy to fatigue from the countless Black Friday deals overrunning the internet today but there are genuinely good deals you don’t want to miss out on. Case in point: the Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Tablet, currently on sale for $102 — a 43% discount, and the lowest price we’ve seen for it all year.

Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Pro Tablet

$102.99
$179.99
43% off

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When it launched, the Fire HD 8 Kids was pitched as a “tablet for kids, not a toy,” and that remains very much the pitch today. It pairs an 8-inch HD screen (1280 × 800) with 32 GB storage (expandable), a chunky kid-proof bumper case, and a two-year “worry-free” guarantee that lets parents breathe easy when little hands inevitably drop it.

Under the hood, it runs the same six-core MediaTek CPU and 2–3 GB of RAM found in other Fire tablets (enough for streaming, games, educational apps, light browsing). Performance is modest (don’t expect it to rival an iPad) but for YouTube, reading, simple games and Amazon Kids+ content the tablet is just fine. Battery life is solid for its class: about 10–13 hours on a charge.

What really differentiates the kids’ edition: built-in, easy-to-manage parental controls via Amazon Kids. Parents can restrict screen time, filter content, block or approve access to apps and websites, and even manage requests through a parental dashboard on their own device.

So if you’re looking for a holiday gift that won’t break the bank (or your nerves), shop this limited-time deal today. But don’t worry, there are plenty of tech deals for adults to shop this weekend too. The Fire Tablet 10 is 50% off for Black Friday, bringing it down to $69.99.