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

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well the parent that I find that never allows their 2 year old to watch TV will be the first one that I meet

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Of course, we are fighting an uphill battle. 90% of parents report allowing their children watch tv at under 2 yrs of age.

We are trying to correct that now.

According to the AAP:

[quote]Television and other entertainment media should be avoided for infants and children under age 2. A child's brain develops rapidly during these first years, and young children learn best by interacting with people, not screens. - See more at: LINK ]

So perhaps you could argue that they are OK, but I still feel like it should be limited. Kids need to learn how to entertain themselves quietly without flashing lights.

I'd imagine you had some hippie friend who didn't have a TV

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Why should that make you laugh?

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because it's funny

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I have 7 Nieces and nephews all very young. I spend a lot of time with them.

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nothing like having your own

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I'll understand that in order to get my child to stop crying I have to give them technology?

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not what you said

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I have 7 Nieces and nephews all very young. I spend a lot of time with them

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Nurse, is that you?

I gave my old phone to my 15 month old daughter. She sees mommy, daddy, and everybody else has a phone so she wants one too. I loaded a kid zone app on it so once it goes into that mode it pulls up a screen with her picture on it with several different app choices for her and she cannot get off that mode and mess up the rest of the phone. The apps range from educational ABC, puzzles, coloring, doodle pad type apps, to one that mimics a phone's dial pad and plays music and stuff. She loves to touch the buttons that play songs and then dance around while holding the phone. her favorite thing is to just sit there and look at your phone will you scroll through your picture gallery. Loves lloking at pictures of herself, family, friends, pets, etc. Everything in moderation, she gets to use the phone probably 10 minutes a day, which is all her attention span will allow anyways. She learned a long time ago that by touching something on the screen she can make the phone react. Just like pushing a button on the remote will make the TV react. Kids love that stuff, makes them feel empowered when they can influence the world around them.

Her other favorite thing is to read books. We have about 50 different children's books that she will just pull out of her book bin and sit on the floor and "read" over and over again. Must be doing something right as the pediatrician noted right away that she is obviously read to and is around books because she went right for them during her office visit. He said he can tell kids that never get read to, they just look at a book like it's a foreign object they've never seen before.

I don't know anyone who let's their young child play on a device all day. I don't see kids even wanting to. Kids still play with toys

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I believe if we start out from the beginning trying to limit their exposure to them it will be for the best.

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Definitely.

Also, read to your child regularly and use a lot of picture books. Makes for good parent-child relationship building and stimulates their brains and imaginations.

my daughter was 4 when she got her first Ipad..now she's 8 and still has the same Ipad and just got an Ipod Touch for Christmas.



She's a very smart and articulate little girl. She loves dram, dancing and theater. I'm pretty sure we're raising her just fine and she'll do just fine in school and life.

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