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Cassijon · 01-13-2015, 02:55 PM

Im 31 and a father of two; A 5 year old daughter and a 6 month old son.

My daughter started using an ipad at 11 months old, but only educational, kids apps. I dont care what "studies suggest" or what "experts say", but that piece of technology helped my kid's development immensely and she is a VERY smart girl. she started speaking at 11 months, and by 12 months was able to name a shit ton of shapes, colours, animals, letters etc.

at 1.5 years, she was able to navigate Netflix like a pro and choose "children and family" pick the shows she was allowed to watch, play, fastforward, rewind, pause, delete apps, close apps on the multitask bar, create folders etc. Now dont get it twisted, she wasnt given an ipad then told to sit in a corner and left alone.
We used the ipad/iphone as a tool for learning.

We still go out and play, go do fun things, read, colour etc. now at 5 years old, she only goes on the ipad when shes exhausted and has done everything else. when the ipad is sitting on the table, and you ask her what she wants to do, she would rather colour, or read or something that is more hands on then watching tv or playing games and we couldnt be happier, as parents.

She has a vocabulary like you wouldnt believe and her use of the english language is out of this world, for a 5 year old.

As my son gets bigger, we will most definitely use the ipad/electronics the same way we did with our daughter.

It really does boil down to poor/lazy/uneducated parenting when it comes to electronics.

01-13-2015, 02:55 PM	#36
Cassijon I don't get it Join Date: May 2011 Location: Bc Posts: 400 Thanked 105 Times in 44 Posts Failed 29 Times in 6 Posts	Im 31 and a father of two; A 5 year old daughter and a 6 month old son. My daughter started using an ipad at 11 months old, but only educational, kids apps. I dont care what "studies suggest" or what "experts say", but that piece of technology helped my kid's development immensely and she is a VERY smart girl. she started speaking at 11 months, and by 12 months was able to name a shit ton of shapes, colours, animals, letters etc. at 1.5 years, she was able to navigate Netflix like a pro and choose "children and family" pick the shows she was allowed to watch, play, fastforward, rewind, pause, delete apps, close apps on the multitask bar, create folders etc. Now dont get it twisted, she wasnt given an ipad then told to sit in a corner and left alone. We used the ipad/iphone as a tool for learning. We still go out and play, go do fun things, read, colour etc. now at 5 years old, she only goes on the ipad when shes exhausted and has done everything else. when the ipad is sitting on the table, and you ask her what she wants to do, she would rather colour, or read or something that is more hands on then watching tv or playing games and we couldnt be happier, as parents. She has a vocabulary like you wouldnt believe and her use of the english language is out of this world, for a 5 year old. As my son gets bigger, we will most definitely use the ipad/electronics the same way we did with our daughter. It really does boil down to poor/lazy/uneducated parenting when it comes to electronics. Last edited by Cassijon; 01-13-2015 at 11:34 PM.