Oct. 26, 2011 Episode
PQotW for Oct. 26, 2011
PQotW: Do You Let Your Kid Play With Your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch?
by | Oct. 26, 2011 at 8:36 p.m.

This week’s Podcast Question of the Week has to do with kids and cell phones:

Do you let your kids play with your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or other smartphone or tablet?

Recently, we talked to Ken Denmead, who you might know better as Geek Dad. He suggested that letting your kids play with (specifically) iOS devices is a fun way to get some learning in. With all of the educational apps out there and final-answer-refutation of cellphone radiation, we’re kind of stoked to see if our kids can beat that level of “Angry Birds” that seems im-poss-i-bal.

Do you let your kids play with your iPhone or iPad? How about an iPod Touch? Kindle? Nook? Tablet? Smartphone? Whatcha got and what do they play?

We want to know! Leave your answer in the comments here and we’ll read some of your answers on our podcast, this Sunday, 10/30.

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  • Troglodad

    Yep. My Samsung Captivate is great for doctor’s offices, restaurants, yraffic jams etc. I keep kids games on it and some drawing programs for those times they forgot their Nintendo DSs.

  • http://twitter.com/OWTK Jeff Bogle

    Yeah, my girls get time on the iPad and iPhone.  They love all the Toca Boca apps: Birthday Party, Toca Store, Hair Salon.  They also dig storybook apps.  Not so much the games like Angry Birds, they prefer to have non-competitive fun with zero anxiety.

  • Peter Hoffman

    My 20mo daughter loves my iPad, in particular she loves Angry Birds. She doesn’t care to play it, just watch. When she sees my iPad sitting on the couch powered off, she says “Birdies sleeping!” and sometimes will hand it to me to “wake them up”. 

    She also likes the drawing apps, I bought her a cheap stylus just so she could scribble all over it. When she wants to play with those, she grabs my iPad (which now is enclosed in a protective case!) and says PEN! PEN! PEN! until she either gets her way or gets distracted…

  • http://www.facebook.com/dbatdahliab Deirdra Brasch

    Ryan was playing baby galaxy
    on the ipad at 4 months and could actually play it very well by 6. It
    totally helps with hand eye coordination. The babyfirst TV app is great
    too!