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re: Should kids be allowed to play on ipads/iphones at 2 or 3 years old?

Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:41 pm to
Posted by yellowfin
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Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:41 pm to
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90% of parents report allowing their children watch tv at under 2 yrs of age.


That means the other 10% are liars
Posted by Salmon
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Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:42 pm to
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I seriously know people who have Ipads/phones that are "for" their 3 year old.


I'll probably buy a new iPad for my wife this Christmas and give my daughter, who will be 2.5, our old iPad

doesn't mean I won't still limit her time with it, just means we now don't have to waste space on ours for all of her videos/games
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
85131 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:42 pm to
Llama Llama Red Pajama

We have about 10 different sets of these. He can't get enough.

Brown Bear, Little Blue Truck...

I could go on.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
43012 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:43 pm to
It's no different than sitting in front of a TV all day. It's the way they will watch their content. Watch how much TV's fall in the future with this generation.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:43 pm to
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I think it's like almost anything. You'll make mistakes, but dammit you better learn from them and apply it as best you can to other situations. There's lots of right and even more wrong ways to do things. No parent can completely avoid the latter.



there's also no handbook to parenting.

As much as you say and think you're going to raise your kids, it doesnt always turn out the way you planned.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:44 pm to
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So you are going to tell me how prepared I am to be a parent?


you dont have kids so you dont know if you're prepared or not..there is no way of knowing.
Posted by yellowfin
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Member since May 2006
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Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:44 pm to
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I seriously know people who have Ipads/phones that are "for" their 3 year old.


My 3 year old and 5 year old both have their own, that doesn't mean I can't limit what they do and how much time they spend on it.
Posted by Paige
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Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:45 pm to
Yeah my son just had to get glasses and the eye Dr literally blamed reading books
Posted by Mr. Wayne
Member since Feb 2008
10050 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:45 pm to
Soon to be 4 year HATED riding in cars. I gave him an iphone when he was 11 months old and he figured out my netflix app in about 10 minutes. We have tried to monitor it ever since, but it got to the point that it was all he wanted. We are on our 3rd week of no TV,ipad, and iphone and I see a lot of life back in his eyes. Before it was like a glaze over them that made him look so disconnected. Plan is to give it back to him in the future and limit it to 30-45 minutes a day where we play with him.

FTR taking these away from a kid that plays with them everyday is like taking a crackheads last rock. Not a good time, but now he wants to be outside every second of the day.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
85131 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:46 pm to
You took his post seriously?
Posted by Artie Rome
Hwy 1
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:46 pm to
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Just giving you my point of view as a pediatrician


Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:47 pm to
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Just giving you my point of view as a pediatrician, not a parent.



i thought you were a resident?
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
8616 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:47 pm to
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Llama Llama Red Pajama We have about 10 different sets of these. He can't get enough. Brown Bear, Little Blue Truck... I could go on.


Brown Bear
Goodnight Moon
Did you kiss the baby? I kissed the baby.
Touch your nose, laugh and giggle...


Yeah, I've read all the classics.
Posted by Paige
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Member since Oct 2010
84748 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:47 pm to
I just agreed that they don't cause vision issues
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
33932 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:47 pm to
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like most things it's fine in moderation


+1

Letting your kid drink an entire beer is trashy. They make ponies for a reason people.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
85131 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:48 pm to
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I know... he used first person
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72170 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:48 pm to
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i thought you were a resident?


I am, but pediatrician sounds much cooler and has more weight.

Everything on here is fake.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83630 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:49 pm to
everytime we go to the store we let our daughter pick out a new book

this is what she picked out yesterday

Posted by Kickadawgitfeelsgood
Lafayette LA
Member since Nov 2005
14089 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:49 pm to
It's what they do until they are 14 and mommy lets them do offshore fishing, alone.
Posted by Kingwood Tiger
Katy, TX
Member since Jul 2005
14162 posts
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:50 pm to
We've never really let our 2 1/2 year old daughter play with them much. We are always commended on how well our daughter speaks, and the last Dr visit the Doc asked my wife if we let her use an ipad, etc. Wife told her no not really and she said that is one of the reasons why she speaks so well, that and the fact that we read to her every night....take it for what it is.
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