Kstarnet 1,502 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I have watch many parents in restaurants give their kids, as young as 1, their smartphones and tablets to play while waiting for food and recently now they give their kids, not even one year old, to play while feeding them. So would you give let them play smartphones? For me, I would just give them paper and pencil for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jooyoungsbae 5,281 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 what always sets me off is family dinners at restaurants where each member of the family is looking at a handheld device instead of talking to each other whats the point of even going out to eat as a family then might as well eat alone individually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Potter 492 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 fck yeah but not the pricey ones like 6s plus bcuz i am on a budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhope is your hope 1,707 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 not until they learn how to have fun without one, I would give them it when they learn how to burn time and not tell me their bored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoOnceVelvet 1,095 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 When they're like 2-4 no, cause I know that they'll be forever attached to a phone. Once they're like 10 yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETB5 4,512 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 For me, I would just give them paper and pencil for them Same. Also a coloring book. I won't get them a phone until they're like in middle school or high school, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiaraewiwiarae 6,637 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 No. I believe in giving children discipline and manners. It's entirely possible for children to wait calmly in a restaurant without doing anything. Millions of people all over the world that don't practice attachment parenting experience well-behaved children on a daily basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangry 1,124 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 No, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen's Mine 993 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 No, maybe until junior high or high school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura IS FEARLESS 192 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 As young as that is best to restrict their exposure to phones or tablets as much as possible so maybe no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoogum Boogums 137 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Yura 293 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Sure,but if they overuse them or bring them to the table i'll be like "Nope not today" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstarnet 1,502 Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 what always sets me off is family dinners at restaurants where each member of the family is looking at a handheld device instead of talking to each other whats the point of even going out to eat as a family then might as well eat alone individually True, family dinners are suppose to be talking and catching up to each other. Now gathering between friends where each friends are looking at a handheld devices. If you are like that, then don't do gathering between friends, just stay at home. not until they learn how to have fun without one, I would give them it when they learn how to burn time and not tell me their bored kids, like my nephew, nowadays don't know how to have fun without one, which is bad for their imagination. Imagination is the key to have endless fun When they're like 2-4 no, cause I know that they'll be forever attached to a phone. Once they're like 10 yeah. True, I always see kids as young as 7 months get addicted to tablets Same. Also a coloring book. I won't get them a phone until they're like in middle school or high school, either. Me too. I will either give them paper and pencil to draw whatever they want or color pencil and coloring book. If they ask for smartphone, I will tell them to draw it yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Wine 1,540 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 See I don't know. I think tablets can be really good education tools (I had my fair share of educational computer games when I was small and I'm sure a lot of people thought that was controversial at the time, too), so if I ever did get them one that young it would be to help along their developmental learning. But there's no substitute for hands-on learning and learning by example, so my teaching styles would be a mix of those things. I don't know how old they would have to be to get a personal tablet for entertainment from me... But I would definitely give them a smart phone because I want to be able to contact them in case of an emergency. Though maybe I'd use those simplified phones instead, I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salieri 4,473 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I think this is why we are having so many people getting too many things and wasting them due to just allowing kids on smartphones ad eletornics. I wont let them have any of them until they are like seven or above, that's when I first had one and I expect my childs to be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tery_ 272 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 In due time, they'll have a smartphone. But not as young as what kids today have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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