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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it's particularly cognitively advanced.  Most 3 year olds I know can take a pic with an iPhone by accessing the app, etc.  It's not a challenging executive functioning exercise.

What it is though is a values thing.  Are you comfortable with your child being familiar with your phone?  Are you comfortable with them acting as if it is theirs and grabbing it when they get a bit older? Or accessing it and using it without your knowledge?

But [b]my family is somewhat anti-screen, and our smart phones are for adult use only, with very rare occasions of supervised use for an educational app. [/b]

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Why?  Generally curious. [/quote]

Not the PP.  But we are the same.

The kids are 6 and 9.  Both know how to work an iPad, but rarely use them.  Same with Minecraft.

Of course, if it were up to them, they'd have unlimited time with both.  And access to our phones.  But that's not the way things work in our house.  Phones are for adults only.  Always.  And iPad, computer, and TV time is very limited.

What do they do instead?  They they play games or read (actual books) by themselves or together for hours at a time.  Or they play basketball on the driveway.  Or make up stuff in the basement.  Same when friends come over.

Both are doing very well in school.  Teachers comment on their attention spans, ability to focus, and ease in navigating social stuff and transitions between activities.

We see the same at home.  Very little conflict between them or with us.  Very little pushback when it's time to stop something and move to the next thing (bedtime, leave for school etc.)  They're not doormats.  They have strong feelings and opinions about many things, but express them appropriately (most of the time).

Would they be this way if they had more screen time and access to our phones when we're out at restaurants, while we're waiting on line, or when we want to keep them occupied so we can do other things?  Maybe.  Maybe not.

My feeling is there's tons of non-screen stuff out there to stimulate, entertain, teach and occupy our kids.  No downside to preserving space for those things as long as possible.

So far, so good in our house.  YMMV.[/quote]

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