ipod touch for a 6 year old

Darg said:
Seems a pity that he'll have his face glued to a tiny screen instead of looking out at the world around him. Learning apps won't make up for not seeing any of the world bar a 3 inch screen.
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In winter? Most kids spend all over winter in doors after getting home from school. In summer they spend all the time outside.

Its all about control, if they get addicted to it, take it off them.
 
My daughter has been quite able to use her mum's iPhone to load and play her own games.
I have considered getting her an iPod touch for herself but it's easier to control her screen time when she has to ask for it.
 
An iPod for a 6 y/o? An iPhone 4 for a 5 y/o? Jesus! Up to age 16, parents normally capped my birthday/Christmas presents at £20, which was early 90s, so make that £40 now with inflation.

Like what qqq3 said, I was happy with Lego and £20 could buy a fair amount of that in the early 90s.
 
So what? If the parents can afford it then why not?
Like you, I typically had very cheap presents and in fact got presents for Christmas that I didn't get batteries for until my birthday in January (I kid you not). It doesn't mean that is the bar I set as 'normal' and that anyone spending more than that is grossly spoiling their child.
 
Spoil them young and they'll be high maintenance teenagers, as if teens weren't high maintenance enough these days....!
 
bsoltan said:
Except they are and are now being marketed as such.
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The ipods are simply incomparable to proper gaming devices like the DS and PSP; regardless of how they are "marketed". Show me something like Final Fantasy and Pokémon B&W on an ipod. Graphics hardly even factor into this. Of greater importance are the control systems, or rather lack of in the case of the ipod touch and game catalogue. Lets be realistic here, the games are fun to play when you're on the bus or waiting for a doctors appointment, but they aren't something you dedicate yourself to doing.
 
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My son is 2 and he is very good on the iPad. His math and counting for a 2 year old is excellent and he likes to sit and do number dot to dot on the iPad. I've got loads of children's books on it too which are great for bedtime.

It's amazing to watch how easily kids pick up this newer tech and how well designed it must have been to make it so intuitive for everyone to use.
 
I got My 2 yr old Son a iPod Touch for Xmas last year granted he was nearly 3 but he knows it inside and out and can play and learn he's even cracked how to buy games, download install them and manage his wallpaper with images etc.

So your 6yr old lad will have it down within a week or so :-) best thing I ever got him
 
Well, I know my kids definitely won't be having anything like this till they are at least 10, as I said, disturbing. Kids at that age should still be exploring the wonders of the world, not looking at a tiny screen all day, even in Winter! I can live without my phone just fine, and I am in no rush to have anything 'i' and I cope perfectly fine. I certainly didn't have one as a kid, I grew up with out 'educational apps' as I am sure most people here did, and I am sure we all grew up just fine!
 
Globul said:
Well, I know my kids definitely won't be having anything like this till they are at least 10, as I said, disturbing. Kids at that age should still be exploring the wonders of the world, not looking at a tiny screen all day, even in Winter! I can live without my phone just fine, and I am in no rush to have anything 'i' and I cope perfectly fine. I certainly didn't have one as a kid, I grew up with out 'educational apps' as I am sure most people here did, and I am sure we all grew up just fine!
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I was about to agree with the too young thing but I was given a Amiga 500 in my room when I turned 6 (Possibly 7, either way..) and it put me streets ahead of others my age with technology. If anything now it's more intuitive and less techy.

I'd be very concerned about giving a kid that young a very droppable device mostly made of glass though, if anything.
 
Monserrat said:
An iPod for a 6 y/o? An iPhone 4 for a 5 y/o? Jesus! Up to age 16, parents normally capped my birthday/Christmas presents at £20, which was early 90s, so make that £40 now with inflation.

Like what qqq3 said, I was happy with Lego and £20 could buy a fair amount of that in the early 90s.
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funny you say that.. I can't believe hes got an iphone 4 when i have to put up with 100quid orange SF lol.. :) parents these days.. spoiling him like a little brat but who cares its their choice lol ;)

some xmas i wouldn't even get a present thats how bad it was during 90's :o
 
A 3DS is far more suitable than an iPod touch really, an iPhone won't be particularly robust, and I think a 6 year old might struggle using a complete touch screen device.
 
Globul said:
Well, I know my kids definitely won't be having anything like this till they are at least 10, as I said, disturbing. Kids at that age should still be exploring the wonders of the world, not looking at a tiny screen all day, even in Winter! I can live without my phone just fine, and I am in no rush to have anything 'i' and I cope perfectly fine. I certainly didn't have one as a kid, I grew up with out 'educational apps' as I am sure most people here did, and I am sure we all grew up just fine!
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That's all well and good, but time moves forwards rather than staying still. What you and I did as kids to entertain ourselves is pretty irrelevant to the kids of today and what they grow up with.

I would have loved to grow up with powerful touch screen phones and modern day computers, I didn't, but I'm not going to suggest modern kids should only grow up with what I had available to me.
 
dannyjo22 said:
My son is 2 and he is very good on the iPad. His math and counting for a 2 year old is excellent and he likes to sit and do number dot to dot on the iPad. I've got loads of children's books on it too which are great for bedtime.

It's amazing to watch how easily kids pick up this newer tech and how well designed it must have been to make it so intuitive for everyone to use.
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Same here, although my 2 year old is cooler because he uses a Touchpad running Android. :p

You have to laugh at people that say "Why not go out to the real world", they don't seem to realise or remember that kids aren't something you take to the park, farm, soft play or wherever for a few hours then bring home, switch off and put into a cupboard. They need constant stimulation and I really believe a tablet can be fantastic for supplemental learning - my son's dexterity is amazing for his age and it's great fun playing the games together while learning about numbers, colours, singing songs together, playing memory games etc.

Also some people here remind me of that Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen sketch:

 
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