Does Your Child Own An iPad/iPod/Tablet?

[nannyde]

Which is why I have a child who CANNOT make eye contact. The minute his mother walks in, he grabs her iphone.

Which is why I have children who CANNOT sit still for a meal, they are used to having an ipad at the table.

Which is why I have children with ZERO social skills, since people are hard to push buttons on and make them do what they want.

Which is why these children are BEHIND peers (even the one who can count by 2's, 5's and 10's at 2.) and will REALLY struggle in early elementary school. This is lazy parenting and unacceptable.

Look at this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0T_ouEWbbo

I want to figure out the youngest age that it can be used with little to no adult. When I say "used" I mean that the baby will play with it without the adult involved or supervising for at least ten ... fifteen minute spurts.

[nannyde]

The end of this one is interesting. The Mom calls out the kids name repeatedly and the kid finally looks up at the Mom and gives her three seconds of eye contact then back to the screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW-8uNeqN_0

16 months old.

[originalkat]

I don't think you can make an assumption about everyone just based on whether they have an iPad for their kid or not. Maybe a better way to phrase it would be "how much screen time does your child use per day?" Because my son and the other kids I know all have iPads however not a single one is allowed to just freely use it. And every one of them can play, invent, imagine and occupy themselves without a device.

We use ours for homeschooling and only allow apps that pertain to that. We have logic games too. But that's all. I think there is a way to allow kids to use technology without over doing it. Unfortunately from what the OP and others here describe, the parents you know aren't keeping that balance.

So so sad to read some of the stories you all are sharing regarding dc kids and their excessive screen time!! But I do agree with Evansmom in that I have dc kids with ipads and they do not seem to be used in excess.

As for my own kids (almost 7 and 9), we share an ipad for the household. My oldest likes to record videos of herself doing American Girl product reviews and also watch other girls talking about their American Girls on Youtube. My younger likes to watch Netflix. We are not overly strict with it, but I feel my girls have a good balance of school time (we homeschool), time outside, playtime, and screen time. I do take away electronic privileges if their behavior warrants it.

[mpb12]

Everyone has opinions about it...so does AAP. Since I have good friends who are pediatricians I can tell you for sure that 10 to 15 minutes per day will not cause harms to 18 month old. Social issues are caused by parent`s lack of discipline. My own children learned computer before age 2, no issues whatsoever with them. Actually, they love to be outside, snowboarding, skating and swimming. Not that I know better than doctors, but after almost 3 decades of child care professionalism I can tell you what`s fact and what`s not.

[Hunni Bee]

I really wonder if it won't be long before screens are built into cribs. The bottom of cribs.

There's a potty-chair that has a tray built onto it with a waterproof (ahem) cover for a tablet. So that the kid will sit on the potty for long periods of time, and the parent can say they're potty-trained because they sat there for two hours and something eventually went in there.

So to answer your question, not very long at all.

[nannyde]

There's a potty-chair that has a tray built onto it with a waterproof (ahem) cover for a tablet. So that the kid will sit on the potty for long periods of time, and the parent can say they're potty-trained because they sat there for two hours and something eventually went in there.

So to answer your question, not very long at all.

They already have the ipad holding bouncy seat. Fisher Price aptivity seat.

[Blackcat31]

They already have the ipad holding bouncy seat. Fisher Price aptivity seat.

this baby is 4 months old

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jV-PmSiT-3E&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjV-PmSiT-3E

I also saw this i-pad holder while searching...

[nannyde]

this baby is 4 months old

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jV-PmSiT-3E&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjV-PmSiT-3E

I also saw this i-pad holder while searching...

I don't know Black. I'm beginning to think if ya can't beat em... join em.

These babies going from swing to screen will never adjust to go play toys. They aren't in our care long enough in the day. I'm seeing babies and toddlers that don't recognize toys as toys.

I'm beginning to think there may be some value in the idea that all we need is space enough for a crib and a stack of ipads. For what I paid for my Lincoln log collection alone I could have five ipads.

What's the point of paying for all this real estate to give them a ton of space? An ipad and a crib would be way cheaper to house than two 300 square foot playrooms and dedicated sleep rooms.

When they are handed a chocolate milk sippy cup and a tablet before they even pull out of my driveway and each morning the first activity on my property is the back seat battle to extricate the tablet out of their hands... it makes me wonder if the baby... toddler.... preschooler CAN accept a go play world for nine hours.

They spend their whole day in withdrawal from the stimulation of lights, sounds, and motion. At some point providers are going to give them what keeps them from crying.

[Leanna]

Look at this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0T_ouEWbbo

I want to figure out the youngest age that it can be used with little to no adult. When I say "used" I mean that the baby will play with it without the adult involved or supervising for at least ten ... fifteen minute spurts.

I find the ap that baby is "using" annoying... "Star. Star. Star. Star." "A." "A." "A." How annoying...and condescending even for babies!

The end of this one is interesting. The Mom calls out the kids name repeatedly and the kid finally looks up at the Mom and gives her three seconds of eye contact then back to the screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW-8uNeqN_0

16 months old.

Oh this mom's comments make me sad. "Naomi, do you know how to use the Ipad? For your aps?" She says it all proud like her baby is a GENIUS because she can tap a screen. Sad.

[nannyde]

I find the ap that baby is "using" annoying... "Star. Star. Star. Star." "A." "A." "A." How annoying...and condescending even for babies!



Oh this mom's comments make me sad. "Naomi, do you know how to use the Ipad? For your aps?" She says it all proud like her baby is a GENIUS because she can tap a screen. Sad.

Do a YouTube search of baby genius ipad. There's tons of them.