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[quote=Anonymous][quote]So don't download Angry Birds. If people have the means to give their child/grandchild a $200 gift then good on them. My kids share my Nook Tablet after I found I preferred my phone as it can do everything my NT does AND makes calls. There's no Angry Birds on it because *gasp* I'm the one who puts all the applications on it and I monitor how much time they spend playing with it and what they do while on it. You seem to think that tablets come preloaded with junk programs which are impossible to get rid of. That's not true. Even if it did come with things you don't want your special snowflake to be exposed to, it takes less than a minute to download an uninstaller from the app store.

I won't pretend like there are no fluff games but they're for after we finish working on say, DD's addition and subtraction apps or long car rides. [/quote]

Actually, I have an ipad, so I know they don't come preloaded with Angry Birds, but I also know that what happens all too often, is that parents allow kids to load these games because they use the ipad or other tablet or smartphone as a babysitter.  As for allowing the fluff games only after your child has done her math apps, you might consider some non-electronic games and activities you and your child can enjoy together.  More fundamentally, there are even lots of fun ways to practice math that don't require a device at all.  Finally, I would suggest that even if you have the means to purchase a $200 gift for your child (and I do, FWIW), that might not be the wisest course in terms of the values you're modeling.   [/quote]

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