23 March 2011

A Parent's Struggle With a Child's iPad Addiction - NYTimes.com

A Parent's Struggle With a Child's iPad Addiction - NYTimes.com

I think my 6-year-old is addicted to the iPad.

He asks for it constantly. He wants to use it in the car. He wants to use it at every unscheduled moment at home. He brings it to the dinner table.

When I tell him it’s time to shut off the iPad and head up to bed, or put his shoes on, or head out to the bus, he doesn’t hear me the first three times I ask. Sometimes, he gets bizarrely upset when I say I have to take it away now — out-of-character upset. That’s what makes me think he’s addicted.

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I agree. My 3 year old is completely addicted to YouTube on his mother's iPhone 4 but he only watches ABC and other number counting songs and videos. Heck, he learned his alphabets and numbers from watching those very YouTube videos!

:)ac

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