Parenting Tools

A couple of colleagues and I were lunching this afternoon, and the lunch topic veered into the use of iPads as parenting tools. It was quite a funny conversation as we bounced around how the iPad is used as both incentive (“If you do well for this test paper, you will get one more hour with the iPad this weekend!”), and disincentive (“If you make Daddy mad, no more iPad for you!!!”).

I’ve picked up a total of three paid Apps for Hannah so far, and boy – does she go through them real fast! She’s nearly completely exhausted all the content in two of the kiddie educational game Apps already. All three Apps are from the same studio, and two of them are extensible – only thing is that I actually have to find the time first to create and record my own content first.

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Armed with the fruit toy, parents can finally have a public meal in peace.
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She’s become quite the expert in finger flicking across the screen!

More pictures – thankfully non-iPad ones – and during Sunday brunch. =)

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This picture is not an accurate representation. Normally, she makes a fuss and refuses to drink sufficient fluids.
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This picture is not an accurate representation. Hannah stresses Mommy out on a daily basis!