The iPhone has revolutionized telecommunications. It has also become the most effective tool in human history to mollify a fussy toddler.
Some toddlers are so absorbed in iPhone that their parents got serious about the phone.
For example, Kelsey, now barely two years old, always wants the phone. She cries for it. In addition, Beady Hotz, who will be two at the end of this month, watched “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” show (via YouTube) on the little iPhone screen, strapped into the car for the 15-minute ride to day care. But trouble began. Brady wanted to stay in his seat with the iPhone.
Apple, the iPhone’s designer and manufacturer, has built its success on machines so simple and intuitive that even technologically befuddled adults can figure out how to work them, so it makes sense that sophisticated children would follow.
Many iPhone apps on the market are aimed directly at preschoolers, many of them labeled “educational.”
However, along with fears about dropping damage, many parents sharing iPhones with their young ones feel nagging guilt. They wonder whether it is indeed an educational tool, or a passive amusement like television. The American Academy
When I read this article, I was surprised that many parents made use of iPhone to mollify a fussy toddler. I have heard that some parents use TV as a babysitter because it can keep them quiet. But, I do not think that iPhone can mollify toddlers.
But, is it OK for toddlers to use iPhone as a babysitter? I think it is not good for them for some reasons.
First of all, toddlers should play with their friends instead of using iPhone inside their house. When they use iPhone, they will feel fun. This is because it is new tool. Also, tapping a picture on the screen of iPhone and something happens! However, they can’t communicate with kids when they make use of iPhone apps. I think children should play with their friends as much as possible to develop their communication skill.
And, they should be interacted with a puzzle or digging in the dirt- anything that is active.
Secondly, iPhone may injure toddlers’ health. For example, if they always use iPhone, they will have poor eyesight. In addition to that, when they use the phone, they only tap the screen. So, they can not develop their muscles. Plunking them in front of the screen to keep them quiet not only discourage them from exercising the brain but stop them exercising their bodies, helping to create the young with a tendency to obesity.
To sum up, it is true that iPhone is a fun tool even for a toddler because there are apps aimed directly at preschooler, but I believe that toddlers should play outside with their friends to develop communication skill and be healthy.
I forget if I mentioned to you that my brother recently sent me pictures of his family. His kids were playing with their iPhones in every picture. I should have been happy to get the pictures but was sad to see the kids doing nothing but staring at their iPhone screens.
返信削除Can toddlers use iPhone?
返信削除It's surprise to me.
I think they should do something creative,like kneading clays, playing music, you know.
...Oh, iPhone may have clay apps and music apps.