Tablets

Best thing I have ever done! Has limited time on it as and when needed, was a blessing for our flight to turkey, when at home if I wanna give the house a clean in peace for 20 minutes out comes the iPad, you can limit to what is on it and not much difference to watching tv at home When it's time to come off it he just goes straight to his toys and puts it away in his little draw x

I took a tablet on a plane but we didn’t actually end up using it. She slept most of the way there and chatted all the way back. Definitely didn’t need one when I was there. Don’t feel like you need one if you are worried of the long term impact

Before covid hit, our first had a tablet starting about 18 months - and only for things like long car rides (daycare was 40 minutes away, high traffic state). She was about 4 when covid hit. Through the first half she was still really good because i was home with her doing preschool type activities..... when i went back to work, sure got alot more screen time because daycare was not back to being open. Her dad is self employed and worked through it all.... he didn't think the extra screen time was bad for her..... she is 9 and we still have trouble with her putting them down without getting upset. They are absolutely terrible! That being said - if you can HONESTLY keep it just to specific times, and BOTH of you are 100% on the same page, then i think very limited use can be manageable for then to learn a healthy balance. I also work with families and young children day in and day out.... SOOOO often i see that the kids who are given parents phones or have their own tablets - those are the kids who are....

Acting out and not listening and being restless, running around, not interested in the coloring or books that we put out for entertainment. From both a parent perspective and an outsider perspective, i have seen how bad screens can get!!! So if you do it, just ensure that your keep to your parameters if you want then to be good about letting screens go!

My son has a tablet, my dad got it for him for our flight to Disneyland Paris. We use it now on long car journeys & for holidays. Sometimes before bed, he does get it in the evening, but he is very content to put it away when he is told too. He doesn’t really miss it when he doesn’t have it & we only use it the odd occasion with stuff we have downloaded that’s suitable for him x

We got one for holiday , for the most part she was more interested in exploring and we didn’t get much use out of it. But now it’s locked away and we only take it out when we travel in a 4 hour journey on the train to the in-laws every 3 months and even then I think she uses it for very little.when we got back from holiday she wanted a lot and it caused issues that’s why we hide it and her behaviour improved. ( and does watch occasional tv but somehow the tablet was different)