Toddlers’ Favorite Toy: The iPhone

[HuckleB]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/fashion/17TODDLERS.html?src=me&ref=homepage

"THE bedroom door opened and a light went on, signaling an end to nap time. The toddler, tousle-haired and sleepy-eyed, clambered to a wobbly stand in his crib. He smiled, reached out to his father, and uttered what is fast becoming the cry of his generation: “iPhone!”

The iPhone has revolutionized telecommunications. It has also become the most effective tool in human history to mollify a fussy toddler, much to the delight of parents reveling in their newfound freedom to have a conversation in a restaurant or roam the supermarket aisles in peace. But just as adults have a hard time putting down their iPhones, so the device is now the Toy of Choice — akin to a treasured stuffed animal — for many 1-, 2- and 3-year-olds. It’s a phenomenon that is attracting the attention and concern of some childhood development specialists.

Natasha Sykes, a mother of two in Atlanta, remembers the first time her daughter, Kelsey, now 3 1/2 but then barely 2 years old, held her husband’s iPhone. “She pressed the button and it lit up. I just remember her eyes. It was like ‘Whoa!’ ”

The parents were charmed by their daughter’s fascination. But then, said Ms. Sykes (herself a BlackBerry user), “She got serious about the phone.”

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Who knew? Not me.

:shrug:

[rucky]

1. My 7 y.o. nephew's birthday card to my wife:

"I love your iPhone"
xoxo

-Blake

[heliarc]

2. It's true...

And the Ipad is an incredible Toddler pleaser too. My Daughter is getting to be expert on these devices at age 2 as well.

They have an iPad at her daycare and there are a ton of kids learning and art tools, as well as the other stuff.

Funny thing is, that we found some circa 2000 video games at a garage sale, and now my daughter prefers playing Jumpstart Spanish on my old 7100/66 (thats one of the first Power PCs running Mac OS 7.61) Booya. Take that iPhone.

[democrat_patriot]

3. My daught (4) loves it...

Tons of kids apps.

Spelling, math, coloring etc.....

[Egnever]

4. Theres an app for android phones called todler lock

it locs your phone so it cant make calls, and makes the touch screen active witrh stars and other shapes when you touch it or fingerpaint like lines when you run your finger along it it also plays chime like tones. My kid loved my phone before todler lock but he was always doing something on it i didnt want him to do with it i can safely hand it to him(well mostly safelt he can still break the phone if he throws it or something)He loooves it!

Its his favorite toy I would say, along with the mouse and keyboard for the computer.

[HuckleB]

5. Kick.

[Hawkeye-X]

6. Toddler Lock for Android

They finally released the fix for the Samsung bug (the result of my first bricked phone) - My son would spend hours playing with it.