Ime our iPads have long outlasted the fire tablet.

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Anonymous wrote:With all the data out there it is hard to believe people want to buy these for young kids.

I've never seen any data about tablets for young kids in the limited circumstances of long car rides. Maybe some parents find that limitation difficult to enforce, but we haven't. Our kid has had a tablet since she was two. In the past 12 months, she's used it seven days total, which is average for a year. I don't think there's any data that indicates that has harmed her.

It seems wasteful to buy a special iPad for a preschooler that she uses 7 days a year. We limit screen time for our kid and specifically don't allow her ot use handheld screens because we think they are more addictive. But we do allow her to watch TV or a movie on a tablet on plane trips or very occasionally at a hotel room on vacation. We just use my DH's iPad or my laptop for this.

Also I don't have to see studies to believe that handheld screens and excessive screens generally are bad for you because I am a person who has seen screen addiction and decreased attention span and weakened social and coping skills *in myself* due to screen use. So I don't want to do that to my kid especially not starting at age 2.

OP kindle fire comes in an indestructible case and is pretty cheap (in case it does somehow get ruined). It's clunkier than an iPad but we've used it for flights etc - can download all the basic apps/shows.

Anonymous wrote:Kids sat their asses down on long plane/ car rides before screens. The parents that use screens to pacify are doing it for themselves not for the benefit of the kid. I may be singing a different tune after the five hour flight I have booked for me and my just turned two year old but right now the plan is to keep her from screens for as long as possible in her toddler years.

Lol you have a single 2yo and are a know it all parent of the year?

It's actually fine to "pacify" a kid on a flight or long car ride a couple times a year. It's fine if some things are for the benefit of a parent who needs a break (and a lot of ppl are juggling more than 1 kid on that long flight...) Get over yourself.

Anonymous wrote:Kids sat their asses down on long plane/ car rides before screens. The parents that use screens to pacify are doing it for themselves not for the benefit of the kid. I may be singing a different tune after the five hour flight I have booked for me and my just turned two year old but right now the plan is to keep her from screens for as long as possible in her toddler years.

Mine didn't care for screens for cross-country trips at that age, either. Maybe climb down from your high horse until your kid actually develops an attention span.

Kids sat their asses down on long plane/ car rides before screens. The parents that use screens to pacify are doing it for themselves not for the benefit of the kid. I may be singing a different tune after the five hour flight I have booked for me and my just turned two year old but right now the plan is to keep her from screens for as long as possible in her toddler years.

We use my iPad for the annual long haul flight but for road trips, audiobooks are the go-to. Frankly mine get car sick if they’re doing anything but looking out the window.

IPAD or kindle fire. Educational apps are great.

Anonymous wrote:What tablet are people buying for their preschoolers today? Looking for something sturdy, hopefully spill proof, with long battery and enough memory for long road trips?

Just how lazy are you?

Anonymous wrote:Today, most people realize that tablets are the worst thing you can buy for a preschooler. Signed, mom of a third grader without a tablet, who frequently did 12 hour road trips.

+1

Your 3-4 y.o. kid needs to keep eye contact and interact with you. Pls don’t give your kid a tablet.
Signed,

A fellow mom

Anonymous wrote:With all the data out there it is hard to believe people want to buy these for young kids.

I've never seen any data about tablets for young kids in the limited circumstances of long car rides. Maybe some parents find that limitation difficult to enforce, but we haven't. Our kid has had a tablet since she was two. In the past 12 months, she's used it seven days total, which is average for a year. I don't think there's any data that indicates that has harmed her.

With all the data out there it is hard to believe people want to buy these for young kids.

When I see kids going to the kid center at the gym, every kid over 2 seems to have a tablet.

We check out Launchpads from the local library. Son is a new 4. He likes the puzzles and construction vehicles moving letters and numbers.

https://www.playaway.com/our-products/launchpad/apps-overview