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I love my Kindle, but I don't want my two year old daughter to use it. Why? She's hard on things. If she tears a page out of a regular book, that's no big deal
by kemayo 15y ago
I love my Kindle, but I don't want my two year old daughter to use it.
Why? She's hard on things. If she tears a page out of a regular book, that's no big deal; if she cracks my Kindle's screen that's rather more annoying. If I had an iPad, that'd be even more worrying -- a $600 device is a bit much. I could read to her from the ebook, but since she likes to read for herself I'd then have to get her child-safe copies anyway...
Also, the sort of books aimed at a two year old are pretty picture heavy. A Kindle has many strengths, but pictures are not among them.
As soon as she's onto less picture-heavy books, and I think she's trustable with such a device, I'll be letting her use one. I have no particular emotional attachment to the paper form, which I want to pass onto her.