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What age did you get your kid a tablet? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Noit@lemm.ee to c/dads

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My daughter is approaching 3 and my wife has suggested a tablet either as a birthday or Christmas present, and I’m a bit hesitant. It’d be great for long trips, but I think as a day-to-day thing it might be a distraction. It’d get Spidey and Friends off the telly though. How and when did you handle this?

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[–] hystericallymad@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

From a father of 4, just don't. Our youngest has a tablet, but it is only accessible when Grandma is around because it goes with Grandma when she leaves. But when the child has it, non-stop YouTube play commercials. Omfg.. if I have to listen to another 30 minute video of someone opening an obscene amount of consumer garbage...

My younger 3 kids a different approach was taken and they all had tablets at a very young age. We used them to play Minecraft together while distanced.

Read to your kids, every day. Make it a routine 10 minutes before bed. Those 2-3 years of nightly reading, before they start on their own, will turn into comprehensive skills.