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The defaults are wrong for a young kid. Here is what to flip and in what order.

Parent bottom line Start in Creative mode on Bedrock Edition, sit next to them, and add Survival, Realms, and chat one at a time as they ask. The defaults are wrong for a young kid in roughly the same ways everywhere.

01Bedrock Edition is the right pick for almost every household
02Creative mode first, Survival when the kid asks for it
03Turn off chat and multiplayer at install, add them back deliberately
04Gate Marketplace purchases at the platform level, not in the game
05A Realm is when Minecraft becomes a long-running family project

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