How do you turn off in app purchases

My son was playing the free app download Restaurant Story and made a lot of in app purchases. I don't know how he made the purchases or how you can legally  charge somebody for playing a game that is marked FREE. Does anybody know how to turn off "in app" purchases?

Assuming this is an iOS device (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, etc):
Find and click on the Settings icon
Select General from the list on the left.
Scroll down on the right until you see Restrictions. Click on it.
At the top, click where it says 'Enable Restrictions'.
It should come up with a box that says 'Set Passcode'. Enter a 4-digit number (you can use the letters to remember it). Keep it as unguessable as possible, but something you can remember. You'll have to enter it twice to confirm.
Scroll Down to the 'Allowed Content' section. Turn OFF the slider next to In-App Purchases. It should not show 'OFF'. That will take care of the In-App Purchases problem.
I highly recommend looking at the other restrictions in the same section - you can restrict Safari, for example, if you want to restrict you kid's web surfing, and set age-level restrictions on music, videos, movies, apps etc. You can also turn off multi-player games and the function for Adding Friends.

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