Best headphones for kids in 2023

Do your children love to watch videos on a tablet and listen to music from a laptop with the volume on full? Or do you know the parents of a bookworm who enjoys audiobooks and wants to listen to them on their Kindle? We think buying a child a dedicated pair of headphones is worthwhile for both their experience and for your own peace and quiet (especially if you’re on a long trip and have heard Frozen’s ‘Let It Go’ a hundred times already!).

When it comes to the best headphones for kids, though, we’re not focusing on the exact same features that we would when picking noise-cancelling headphones for ourselves. There are a couple of things we’d keep in mind as our key priorities. The best headphones for kids should be fun without being expensive, they should be comfortable to wear for a while and, crucially, they need to come with a volume-limiting feature to keep loud sounds under control. That’s why all the models on our list can limit the volume to around 85 decibels (dB), and all cost under £50.

If you’re just after our top picks for the best headphones for kids – here are our favourites:

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