Comments on: The New Babysitter On The Block: Your iPad https://techcitement.com/hardware/tablet/the-new-babysitter-on-the-block-your-ipad/ get excited Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: MordyGilden https://techcitement.com/hardware/tablet/the-new-babysitter-on-the-block-your-ipad/#comment-1363 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:56:00 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=8579#comment-1363 BTW- if you don’t have an iPad, I highly recommend Zoodle’s Kid Mode. 

There is an iOS version, but all the good stuff is flash-based, so iOS devices are sadly left out of what I think is the BEST kid’s app yet.

]]> By: John https://techcitement.com/hardware/tablet/the-new-babysitter-on-the-block-your-ipad/#comment-1362 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:51:00 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=8579#comment-1362 This has essentially replaced the TV as a babysitter mantra our parents used. I actually think children will push all devices to have touch interfaces in the future. I mean its so natural to want to touch a screen to interact with it, my friends who have small children have difficulty keeping their kids fingers off the big TV in the living room because the kids are so used to the touch screen on the ipad or android tablet. And its not just video I mean give a 3 year old a few color children’s books on a tablet and they will be entertained. 

]]> By: Yardsale https://techcitement.com/hardware/tablet/the-new-babysitter-on-the-block-your-ipad/#comment-1360 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:17:00 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=8579#comment-1360 We conscientiously let our 15 month old watch a lot of tv. When Katie isn’t around her toys, tv, and books, she has a sort of ‘countdown timer’ before fussiness sets in. Various things contribute to how long this clock will run, but treatin…g it as a certainty pays dividends. Even so, we haven’t introduced anything during car trips, as yet. When we went to the ER Saturday night (Katie’s had a virus and her fever ‘spiked’ so we took her in for blood work), we took our iPhones and Ipad. After the first 30 minutes we began playing cartoons and didn’t stop until she went to sleep, about five hours later. This minimized crying throughout the ordeal. It would have been a calamity if we hadn’t had those things. Many people have said that Katie is a sweet and well-dispositioned little girl. Books are her favorite ‘toy’, and she loves the stimulation of being read to. I don’t think this is affected by how much or little media we let her watch. I think it’s just the way she is (and I feel very lucky for it). Kids enjoy and crave stimulation. I think if you play with your kids, read to them, and practice calmness and patience exercises, then your child can watch whatever. PS. most people agree that tv for kids as young as Katie is a bad thing. I know that.

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