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Do I have a leg to stand on with Apple?? :-(
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why do parents give children devices where they can quite easily run up bills .... the ipad is not a toy and children shouldnt be using it ,
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interstellaflyer wrote: »To be honest, why would anyone allow their children, especially that young, to play with smart phones, if they wany to play games get them a Nintendo DS.
Puts me in mind of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k
And if you want them to learn put the DS away and get them an iPad.Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants - Michael Pollan
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And if you want them to learn put the DS away and get them an iPad.
Not at 6, not unsupervised and a laptop or desk top pc would be more useful for them to learn on, DS if they want a portable games machine.I hate football and do wish people wouldn't keep talking about it like it's the most important thing in the world0 -
emsywoo123 wrote: »Head. Smack. Wall.
Why? I'm his parent and I think he's clever. No reason at all for this to frustrate you.
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What a bizarre notion - for many children, especially those with special needs, they are a valuable educational device. Thankfully we've moved on from dotheboys hall...
Quite.
My youngest son saved up and purchased his own Ipad (took him well over a year to save plus he sold other things too) and it has been an absolute godsend.
No more do we have him getting stressy when out (he is complex autistic), he sits and does things on his Ipad which allows him to go into his coccoon (sp?). However, we really notice it if he doesn't take his Ipad, stressy is not the word!
When middle son was younger, he too went mad on playing the games on Sky. I didn't find out until we got an extremely large phone bill...I removed the phone line from the box (it was a secondary box in their bedroom - I hasten to add, this was when I was still married and in a dual income family!). Sky were not happy bunnies though.....We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
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interstellaflyer wrote: »Not at 6, not unsupervised and a laptop or desk top pc would be more useful for them to learn on, DS if they want a portable games machine.
Surely a laptop would be more comlicated then an Ipad...Ipad touch screen etc... and Laptop costs around same as an Ipad depending on type you have.
Ipads have applications built for children, and are easier to use.
Don't know what your basing this on as its basicly same thing but laptops are harder to use for kids...
Its normal these days for kids to play on laptops/ipads.People don't know what they want until you show them.0 -
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Kayalana99 wrote: »Surely a laptop would be more comlicated then an Ipad...Ipad touch screen etc... and Laptop costs around same as an Ipad depending on type you have.
Ipads have applications built for children, and are easier to use.
Don't know what your basing this on as its basicly same thing but laptops are harder to use for kids...
Its normal these days for kids to play on laptops/ipads.
Really, I have a child at primary school, guess what, not an iPad in sight, they learn from a very young age (foundation) to use windows based PCs and laptops, an iPad is really only a gadget, it does not have the flexibility of a laptop or for that mater, a netbook.I hate football and do wish people wouldn't keep talking about it like it's the most important thing in the world0 -
Just because you don't use it personally doesn't mean its not useful - If an Ipad app teachs spelling and maths (which they do have apps for) then surley its an added advantage esp since its easier for them to use at a younger age then a pc.
End of the day a laptop is only a gadget. An Ipad is no more then a cross between a phone and a laptop.
If a parent wishs for thier child to learn on an Ipad to a Laptop I don't see a problem with it - as the real question is - Why not? Why is it ok for a child to use a DS or an expensive laptop but not an Ipad?People don't know what they want until you show them.0 -
emsywoo123 wrote: »You think he is clever for working out your password? And you are 100% confident he "worked it out"? :rotfl:
No of course not! He didn't work it out, he has obviously watched me input it before (it's an iPhone and the letters appear for a second or two before they are blanked out) When I initially said I thought he was clever it was just in response to somebody saying that it was stealing, I was just remarking that I know he's done wrong but I think he's clever - that's all0
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