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I was expecting to see a tablet/phone in the top place: repeatability = 5, length of play = 5, clean up ease = 5. I know it's bad to give a kid a tablet, but t

• joannabregan 10mo ago
  Yeah, my husband told me after I published that I missed the iPad as as the clear #1.
  • oh_fiddlesticks 10mo ago
    Yeah but I'm glad you don't consider the ipad a toy. It's not a toy, i predict that we're going to look back at this time of 'ipad + headphone kids' and roll our eyes as much as we roll our eyes at bloodletting.
    • lanthade 10mo ago
      Screen devices can be a toy but it takes very intentional use of them. My child has had an old iPhone se since 4yo. It has no network connection. I load music on it. It only has music, camera, and voice recorder apps. Like most toys it gets intense periods of play and then goes back in the toy box with a dead battery for weeks. It's my assertion that the problem with tablets/phones as toys for kids is the endless stream of new content. It's addictive and never gets old. If you find a way to cut off the firehouse of new (and keep the addictive apps off) then they eventually become just another boring toy. Us adults could learn from this too.