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To ask if anyone’s child doesn’t have or use a tablet?

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Peanutbuttercupisyum · 21/03/2021 13:17

Just wondering - my children (3 of them, all girls, aged between 9 and 5) have never used/played on a tablet at home. I think they do some stuff at school occasionally, and during lockdown I set them up with their live lessons but other than that, no. It’s not that I’m being smug or have an aversion to technology or anything - I mean they love a Netflix series or a film, it’s just I’ve never seen a need? I’m lucky in that they all play together and never seem bored, they’ve never asked to and tbh I suppose I find it a very solitary, kind of absorbing thing to do which may not have a place in our family dynamic? And also people I know whose children use a tablet seem to ask for it a lot which looks quite annoying. I don’t feel like they’re behind in technology use as they certainly seemed to know their way round the system during lockdown live lessons, and their friends don’t talk about it all at school or anything. Just wondered if anyone else was the same? Couldn’t ask in real life as I’d look smug or virtuous I think

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Peanutbuttercupisyum · 21/03/2021 17:26

Thanks! A mixed bag of replies 🙂.
I think what mainly helps mine avoid them is that there are 3 of them, all girls, all close in age and they play together literally all the time. Like I still get weekend lie ins and everything as they just get up and start doing stuff together. If I had one child, or a big age gap I’m sure I would have naturally come round to the idea of an iPad sooner! I guess I’ll leave them to it for now and probably get them an iPhone for when they start secondary 👍🏻

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