Oh no. Schools are using current technology to teach current children? And parents are giving current gifts to current children? What has the world come to? They should still be playing with painted ABC 123 blocks. Why give a kid a toy that has hundreds of teaching games on it? For fear that they'll use it? Will they not get enough exercise? I'm sure the first parents that gave their kids books were criticized by people without kids saying "What a crappy parent. Giving a kid a story book instead of telling them a story while walking to the water well, or sending them out hunting with Papa.".
You guys without kids need to step away from the parenting soap box. Just because the only thing you use your ipad for is porn, doesn't mean that there aren't hundreds of educational games on those things, that kids learn a ton from. Spelling, reading, numbers, math, shape recognition, maps, all kinds of sciences, the list goes on and on. And on.
So don't worry about why my kid has an expensive toy, aiight? She's learning a lot about a lot. Not only the educational games, but also how to treat a breakable toy, and the fact that she gets to play with it when she earns it.
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