Boyfriend giving my child a tablet

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Anonymous wrote:A 10 year old doesn’t need a tablet. Big mistake

This. HUGE mistake. No. Just no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:low end ipad costs around $250.

Far too expensive a gift for a ten-year old. I would put a $20.00/$25.00 maximum limit on his gift.

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Anonymous wrote:A 10 year old doesn’t need a tablet. Big mistake

What? My kid does so much homework on tablets. Next year she will be iMessaging friends about homework and team events.

If anything a 10 year old may need a computer by middle school.

An iPad is $300. There is no monthly expense; a nice dinner out with a sitter probably costs more.

That said, DD needs to know you control the tablet, but it’s clear boyfriend knows he has to win both you over.

When you said tablet I thought he was slipping there benederyl or something to go to bed earlier.

Oh that’s just marvelous. And 6 months after that you’ll be dealing with video game addiction and all kinds of other problems you haven’t even thought of yet

I guess my 7 year old is lost. He got an iPad, worse yet it replaced a Kindle Fire, for his birthday this year. Never mind that it is set so it can only be used for an hour and it requires my thumbprint and an authorization code from my phone to buy anything.

OP, you know how serious your relationship is and if you are comfortable with it. I suspect you are not because you are asking about it. But there are models that sell for $300 or so. it does not have to be a highly expensive gift but i would still consider the $300 level expensive.

They don't want to parent. Its fine for kids to have them as long as parents monitor and limit.

[Anonymous]

My opinion: if you have to out thought into this then it's probably not a good idea. Stop worrying about hurting his feelings and tell him "thank you for the thoughtful and generous gift but I'm not ready to put a lot of thoughts into limitations on screen time, etc"

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Look, he probably asked friends, 'Hey, my gf's kid's birthday is coming up. What do kids like?' and friends said, 'I dunno, a tablet or phone or something?'

Just tell him, thanks for thinking of dd, but you don't want her to have a tablet right now.

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Don’t see any problem with that.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t see any problem with that.

Plus 1. Just use parential controls on it and get heavy duty case for it. She will need a computer soon anyway for school, this a good start and she'll be able to do some educational stuff just using the iPad. I think it's a great gift & the price isn't a big deal after a year of dating.

There are cheaper tablets though - I don't know the brands but saw some while at the Verizon store so it cost is your issue maybe suggest one of the other brands.