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AIBU?

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A DC of this age - not typical?

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littlemonkey5 · 02/06/2016 09:55

Just been vacuuming the livingroom and DC1 is on the iPad.

Me: What you doing Littlemonkey 1?
LM1: I am window shopping at ASDA
Me: What?
LM1: I am window shopping online for Shopkins, I have a budget of £6 in my money tin and at the moment my basket says £4.50.
Me: Riiigghhhhttt......
LM1: Can you do the week's shopping online and pay for this too? I'll give you the money......
Me: carries on vacuuming, pondering if I heard her correctly

AIBU to think that not all 7yr olds think this way? Because, despite my DD coming up with this on a regular basis, I don't think it is typical for this age...... Littlemonkey 3 is also coming up with this type of reasoning and he is only 3!!!

Bless them!

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halighhalighaliehaligh · 02/06/2016 12:08

I would personally reconsider how long my 3 year old spent on their Ipad if they were able to do things like that. Plenty of time to learn how to do online shoppng. Small window to develop social skills, motor skills etc.
It doesn't surprise me as I've seen toddlers in pushchairs able to competently navigate Youtube etc on a smartphone. I do find it quite sad though.

PinguForPresident · 02/06/2016 12:16

Normal. my 7 y/o loves to browse Amazon etc to spend her pocket money. much better value than toy shops.

WorraLiberty · 02/06/2016 12:28

halighhalighaliehaligh, why do you equate a child being able to do something like that, with them spending too much time on the Ipad?

Things like that don't take long to learn.

A child could spend just 10 minutes a day on the device and remember what they've been taught.

Original poster

littlemonkey5 · 02/06/2016 12:34

Thanks everyone.

I don't have any concern on this, just wondered how typical it is of 7yr olds.

Quite a lot of online shops allow you to add to basket but require you to put in a password to pay, so I'm ok there.

Just to clarify, DC3 (3) spends very little time on the computer as we only have 1 iPad and it is shared between 4 (DC1, 2, 3 & DH)...... I get my Mac all to myself MWahahaha...... But he does come out with words like "humongous" "exactly" and "incredible" and can put them into context rather than copying. What shocks us is that we don't actually use these words so where has he picked them up from???

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halighhalighaliehaligh · 02/06/2016 12:36

I'm assuming that as the op was shocked her child was able to do it she hadn't taught them.
It's just something that bothers me. I know young kids who can do amazing things on Ipads/smartphones etc but when they come over to play at my house (where I am mean and don't get the Ipad out) they have literally no idea how to play.

CodyKing · 02/06/2016 12:41

My DD would look on Amazon account for items brought for Christmas at 6 - and tell receipts - never bothered hunting in the house!

All normal I think

MimsyBorogroves · 02/06/2016 12:42

I presume you read with him, OP? That's where a lot of language acquisition comes from.

fastdaytears · 02/06/2016 12:42

I immediately thought of all those hours flicking through the Argos catalogue! X-post times about 10?

WorraLiberty · 02/06/2016 12:42

Oh that's quite unusual in my experience.

Most of the kids I know can do normal everyday things, as well as being able to play on a phone/computer.

GirlOutNumbered · 02/06/2016 12:44

Language is picked up best from just being with adults.
Parents who cut the baby talk and just talk to their kids will be amazed at their vocab. Also they will pick up words from the TV, Radio, anything around them.
They are little sponges.

halighhalighaliehaligh · 02/06/2016 12:45

I think you probably use words like 'exactly' more than you think op. Or relatives/nursery staff. Once a child has heard a word a number of times they can work out the context from when they are able to speak. Less used words are no different so long as the child is able to make the sounds needed which typically developing 3 year olds generally can.

Jackie0 · 02/06/2016 12:47

Exactly & incredible are very common words humongous slightly less so.
I bet you do use them and just don't realise.
If you really don't then it's the telly or nursery.

TwentyCupsOfTea · 02/06/2016 12:52

Modern equivalent of looking through the aegis catalouge I think! But be careful she doesn't checkout and buy them!

AllPizzasGreatAndSmall · 02/06/2016 12:56

I think the OP was hoping to be told her child must be exceptionally intelligent, hence the follow up post about vocabulary used (all words that 7 year olds will come across at school).

halighhalighaliehaligh · 02/06/2016 13:00

I thinks it's the 3 year old that was using the big words. The 7 yo is the internet shopping whizz (I got confused as well).

pollymere · 02/06/2016 13:05

My daughter would look online for something she wanted then ask me to buy it and give me the cash. Been doing that since age 5. I've no issue with that.

corythatwas · 02/06/2016 13:18

Sounds exactly like the Pop to the Shops games that my dc had when they were 5- and the earlier version which my dm had when she was a similar age back in the early 40's. I used to go through the gardening catalogue and plan my perfect garden (I'm a hopeless gardener).

As for reasoning around money, that was precisely why I gave mine pocket money from the age of 5: so they could get used to the concept.

RattieOfCatan · 02/06/2016 13:19

Sounds about right to me. My 3yo charge does this kind of thing too, picked it up from the two older siblings (one who spends ages browsing lego online and the other browsing shopkins!)

I remember doing it with the argos catalogue I'd circle what I wanted and handed it to my Mum, then got annoyed a few weeks later when nothing had materialised

parrots · 02/06/2016 13:23

My nephew was like this, completely obsessed with the Argos catalogue from an early age. By the time he was about nine he was creating pocket money projections on excel spreadsheets.

FankEweVeryMuch · 02/06/2016 13:29

My 7 year old adds things to the weekly shop using the ocado app. He does usually ask first.

He also loves Amazon window shopping but also always picks up an Argos catalogue for old school 'window shopping'- I used to spend hours doing imaginary catalogue shopping as a child.

Casmama · 02/06/2016 13:29

Agreed Allpizzas this post is all about how clever the OP thinks her kids are.
Sorry if you're disappointed OP- don't think it's time for the Gifted and Talented threads just yet

SalemSaberhagen · 02/06/2016 13:30

OP definitely wanted to be told that her children were geniuses.

It is clever but by no means unusual OP. My 3yo (at the time) DN told me he loved the cinematic experience at the local Odeon.

DD is 20 months and uses words like disgusting and amazing. I think it's pretty normal if you read with them.

halighhalighaliehaligh · 02/06/2016 13:45

Anyone else feel sorry for dc2?

MrsPMT · 02/06/2016 13:54

Awww don't be mean people! Assuming OP is showing off.

Think it is pretty normal, which is reassuring if your child does that. Remember my sisters & I doing similar with the Littlewoods catalogue

And not so reassuring if your child doesn't do that sort of thing, DS (11) has never done anything resembling that and does struggle a lot at school, hates it tbh.

So I'd be happy OP

ShadowsCollideWithKittens · 02/06/2016 13:55

It's pretty much the modern day equivalent of flicking through the Argos catalogue and marking the stuff you wanted for your 'grown up' house, isn't it? My fantasy house was so well kitted out from the Argos (I dreamed big ). Bedecked with Sindy buses and Clairol hairdryers and Miele hoovers.

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