To wish I'd never bought my children Ipads?

[Goodnurseorgremlin]

I have six year old twins. They have never had ipads/tablets until this Christmas where I relented and bought them an ipad each.

Worst thing I ever did. I'm quite strict. with them They are only allowed an hour on a morning on weekends and same after school weekdays. It's still driving me insane. Pre ipad they would have been watching TV or playing at this time on a morning. Now they are glued to their ipads watching absolute brain dead kiddie trash on YouTube. I've had to send them to the kitchen for my sanity.

Can anyone relate? Is it too late to tell them santa needs the bloody things back?

Our eldest has a tablet. She knows it lives in the car. She also knows it's only for 'big journeys'. She asks if it's going to be a big journey when she gets in the car, and if we say no, she plays eye spy, chats, sings or plays other games. If she's feeling a bit tired she might whinge a bit and ask for it anyway, but responds well to a cheerful, but firm response that she can't have her tablet now but she can when we go on the next big journey.

She's had her tablet for well over a year, and if anything our rules are stricter now than when we first bought it for her, so 'the creep' doesn't happen in all cases.

Why did you buy these for 6 year olds?!

Get rid. They’re young enough to believe you if you say naughty elves stole them in the night.

These devices are not good for developing brains and what they’re watching is utter twaddle.

Quite. It’s also not about this poster’s body (or her mind, rather) but about her children’s minds. Their brains, impulse control, dopamine… the iPad will screw it all up.

You think you’re the voice of experience with no experience, having made it very clear your children don’t have tablets - yet you speak with some sort of authority. 🙄

I don’t have a two year old?

Look - the research says none for babies and toddlers and limited screen time for children. That’s what I’m doing. Excessive use is the issue, not use per se.

🤣 they’re doomed. The human race is doomed.

Limited use can remain at school. I rest comfortable that my children won’t be part of the experiment.

Ridiculous buying children that age tablets. We probably do have a bit too much screen time but I’d never plonk my kid down in front of a tablet to watch whatever they want. It’s awful seeing kids sat down in restaurants and cafes with the stupid things. Even worse little kids in prams.

Ridiculous buying children that age tablets. We probably do have a bit too much screen time but I’d never plonk my kid down in front of a tablet to watch whatever they want. It’s awful seeing kids sat down in restaurants and cafes with the stupid things. Even worse little kids in prams using phones or tablets.

We’ve established that and as I said, you do you.

Controversial option but mine are teenagers now but had tablets from young with no time limits. Compared to my friends kids with limits mine were far less obsessed with screen time and I remember were the only ones playing out on a group holiday. And they are still fine now

I was responding to you quoting me.

Yes and we’ve have the same exchange upthread.

I was speaking to someone else and you came back along to quote me. If you keep quoting me directly you can’t complain when I respond.

Yes “you do you”. I know. That’s what I will be doing.

You were speaking to someone in response to a comment quoting my previous comments. So the entailing discussion was centered around my comments - hence my response. That seems like a normal course of events in a discussion.

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Yes oh my god! Had no idea the name of it. Just googled it and that’s unlocked so many memories.
OP, get them a leap pad instead haha!

Leappads are no longer made for a reason.
Expensive, Expensive software, slow no where near as good as a cheap android tablet.