and depriving my child by not buying her anything technological?

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My dd is 6. She is adept at using computers and tablets at school. Her friends already own or are receiving for Christmas iPads, iPods, iPhones, Kindles, Wiis, Nintendo 3DS and so on. Dd has asked for Lego and books. She loves playing imaginative games, being active and reading which are all healthy pursuits IMO. However, my friend thinks I'm depriving her and putting her at a disadvantage by not providing her with at leastone of these ggadgets to use at home. Aibu by not doing so?

Yanbu, she will not be left behind and why be in a rush to hook her up to the obsessive, screen based world where she is likely to spend the rest of her life? Pity the day when all of our children are holding little screens to their faces, just like us.

but that is the thing chandellina - I now spend maybe an hour on gadget/game time (including this time on MN) - despite having had build your own computers/ataris/zx spectrums/pong etc from age 7 or 8....

my kids play all sorts of things on screens (nintendo ds/iPad/PS3) , and build their own stuff with the raspberry pi and create little stop action movies etc - but not ALL the time... they will have fun with it for a couple of weeks and then go off onto a Lego week, or sewing, or craft, or board games etc... the thing about addictive games is to be the parent, monitor use , balance is the key.. just because you have a gadget it does not mean it has to be used ALL the time...

my kids will not be holding gadgets to their faces all the time.... and I don't either... so who is the "us"....