iPod Touch-present for 6yr old

[mummynumnum]

My dd is 6 next week and all she wants for her birthday is an iPod touch. I think it is too much but dh says it is all she wants, she isn't spoilt and she is so so good. Does this not deserve one Is his arg. I can sort of see where he is coming from and she will be upset if she does not get it. What do you think?

Yes I have an iphone and v resistant. Dropped from lots of heights (by me not her) and no damage!

I think its too much money to spend on a birthday present but i don't think she's too young for it. For audiobooks, camera, music, drawing apps, few games, voice recorder...its pretty robust and saves purchasing other things like DS, rubbish kids cameras, etc. Games are free or about 99p, much cheaper than DS.

Can't see it on John Lewis for £109... Was going to get one or ds for Xmas (he'll be nearly 8 by then).

If you were going to get one, I would probably go for the 1st generation, second hand - it will be far far cheaper.

I know people will tell you over and over again to be safe, but when she's downloaded the apps she wants, then turn the internet off. Its so easy for them to press a few buttons and have unsuitable things coming up. My 7YO DN asked my DSis if she could search for a video on YouTube that a friend had told her about (something innocent like 'kittens') my DSis doesn't really know all the in's and outs and agreed - the results were definitely not child-friendly and innocent!

oops sorry my mistake it was a nano not a touch (I am OUT of touch obv) and it seems they have stopped the offer (they were price matching a competitor when I was looking in store yesterday).

Sorry again.

Ipod touch for a 6 year old? hell no!

I wouldn't give anything with internet access to a child that age and if you won't let her use the internet on it then don't bother getting a touch.

They are good (my 15 year old has one) but not appropriate for a young child.

Amber leaf they do have parental controls, which most 6 year olds would not be able to get round

Yes I know, but what I'm saying is if the key features of it need to be restricted due to a childs age then what is the point?

God no. They are delicate things...and £140 is a lot to spend on something so fragile if your just going to put it straight into the hands of a six year old.

I wouldn't give my ds1 one and he's 10!

Be prepared for it to get broken.

It's up to you, but personally I think you're being a bit daft and indulgent.

They are not delicate, I dropped mine out of a moving car and it doesn't even have a scratch! Down stairs, on tile floors, got wet etc, funilly enough the dcs have never harmed it, just me

Whereas my cousins nintendo ds has smashed entirely no less than 6 times on carpet and impact with a sofa. They're suposedly made for this age of children.

Oh well they're not delicate then. All the people I have met who have had to replace their screens after dropping it, or leaving it lying around for the kids to get a hold of, are making it up.
They are actually made of indestructable materials, and will survive being clattered on the floor and stood on 6 times a day by a six year old.
Buy her one. Get her the best one.

I think the cost is my main concern but then I look at all the mega expensive parties her friends have had this year, plus their presents then I think maybe I am not being too indulgent! Hmm!

My 7 year old has had a second hand 1st gen one since he was 5. He had no idea it was second hand (was previously BILs) and he got it wrapped up in a Batman box for Christmas. It has had loads of use and he has just got another second hand one but more up to date for his 7th birthday as the old one couldn't get the same games on it as his dad's iphone. Has been great for bedtime music, waiting at restaurants, flights etc.

Oh and his has always had a gel type case on it and he takes no care of anything (AS and dyspraxia). It is fine.

My initial response was "noooooo", but now I come to think of it, it's essentially the same as a Nintendo DS, similar price, far cheaper ganes and much more useful, because you can use it as a camera and a music/ story player as well - even if you lock down Internet functionality (probably a good idea).

My friend just bought one for her 8 year old and got a really good deal through Tesco using her vouchers, ended up being half the price!

We got one free a couple of years ago ( recommended someone to sky) and not knowing what to do with it gave it to our then 7 year old dd for Christmas. She loves it more than her Ds and plays with it a lot - she is now getting into music.

Get one.
iPods have been the best used and loved present for my 12 year old and she had her first one years ago. Christmas present can be a docking station perhaps?

My dd has also had a Nintendo ds - hardly used, and a wii - again hardly used, but the iPod was truly worth getting. Music and audiobooks are loved by my dd; also a few games.

My dd doesn't ask for expensive presents so there is no need to think each birthday present has to cost more than the last one.

Dh say we are buying one today. She deserves it for working hard at school-Daddy's girl

Brace yourself, she'll want a villa in Cannes when she passes her GCSE's

Sorry but I really feel it's a completely inappropriate present for a 6 year old child. And it's not about the cost, how delicate the thing is or the fact it's the only thing she wants. YOU are the parent here, you clearly have worries over buying this for her, and sometimes you have to do the right thing even if that means your child will be upset.

If you buy her this now, what on earth will she want when she's older??! I would stick to buying toys for as long as possible, they're not little forever. Are there really no toys she would like - Sylvanians, Polly Pocket, Barbie etc? Books? A day out somewhere? Build-a Bear? Really there are so many lovely things for children that age.

I would say if she really wants one, you will consider it again in a couple of years time. Children appreciate these things so much more if they have to wait.

I would so get one all my kids have them (and yes still have bikes and play outdoors, swim etc... and they are great better than ds etc . Better if you have wifi at home.

i work hard and my mother wont get me one im 34.(p.s keep being proud though, my mother never has been and it's shit so i show my children how proud i am-although not so much with expensive presents, more with words and hugs).

I do that also. I don't get it right all the time, but have given dc boundaries, love and discipline. My dh thinks I am thinking excessively about the whole iPod thing