Baby seat with iPad holder stirs controversy

[DeSwiss]

By Daniel Lovering
BOSTON Wed Dec 11, 2013 5:00pm EST


[font size=1]The Newborn-to-Toddler Apptivity Seat for iPad sold by toy maker Fisher-Price is
seen in an undated handout photo received December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Fisher-
Price/Handout via Reuters[/font]

(Reuters) - An advocacy group called on toy maker Fisher-Price to stop selling a baby seat designed to hold an iPad at the front, saying the product encourages parents to leave infants alone to watch screens that could be harmful.

The bouncy seat with an iPad holder is the "ultimate electronic babysitter" and blocks a baby's view of the world, undermining the child's interaction with caregivers, said the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, based in Boston, in a statement.

The group cited research by the American Academy of Pediatrics that suggested screen time for children under age 2 was linked to language delays, sleep disturbance and learning problems later in childhood. There was no evidence it was advantageous, the group said in the statement, which was issued on Tuesday.

Babies left alone with iPads also could be deprived of activities shown to be beneficial to brain development, such as hands-on creative play and positive interaction with adults, the group said.


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[d_r]

1. this worse

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00B3G8UGQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1387111547&sr=8-1

[EvilAL]

2. Lol...

Hahahah, do they make adult ones too?

[RandiFan1290]

3. Yes

[EvilAL]

4. Hah!

Forward facing would be better, but ya gotta take what you can get I guess..

[DeSwiss]

6. Where's the toilet paper app!?!?!

[jmowreader]

10. Try one of these

This is for mounting a laptop in a truck, but it should work to mount it next to a toilet.

[DeSwiss]

5. O.M.G.

[CFLDem]

7. The same can also be said about adolescents and adults needing less screen time. Nt

[RC]

8. Especially those getting screen time, while going around in public, oblivious to what is going

on around them.

[ananda]

9. Oh dear. The EMFs alone are very bad for everyone, especially children.

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