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You are off with this one. No way earlier exposure the better.. Atari did not put you in contact with millions of people while you were sitting on your couch.
You do understand you can turn off the internet part of it, right?
My mother in law told my husband a few weeks ago that she bought our daughter an ipad for Christmas. He did not make a fuss about it with her. When he told me, I was a little upset. I do not feel like an eight year old has any business having their own iPad.
For the record, we are not anti technology. She has a wii, and uses my tablet and iPhone during her free time with much supervision. But those are ours, and she has to ask and obey by rules. She is already sassy and "entitled", and I do not want to hear "Well this is MY iPad and... _________(fill in the blank)."
I asked DH to speak to his mother when he first told me. He still hasnt. I offered to be the bad guy and he is begging me not to, even REASONING why this is no different from her DS, or Wii, or using my electronics.
Am I overreacting? Should I suck it up and just continue to monitor it like the rest of the technology she uses? The fact that an 8 year old will be able to say "I have an ipad" really ruffles my feathers. That ludacris to me. Hubby has literally sent me 20 texts reasoning why we should just suck it up, even though he agrees with me.
Before anyone makes the obvious call.. yes total mamas boy. Very independent but feels its disrespectful to disagree with a parent.
She should have asked, but she already bought the item.
Believe it or not my husband and I were debating if we shouldn't just get our kids a freakin iPad and be done with toys that i ultimately end up tripping all over, and that they are bored with faster than lightning! I just wish we could afford at least one! So, feel lucky that you don't have to pay for it.
You can always confiscate it if she starts being disrespectful again! I use my phones as leverage.
PS My kids have been on computers since they were 2...with measure, and zero social media. Apple has excellent parental controls, and I know how to stealth it for their use. 8 Is not too early for technology...by a long shot, not these days. my 3rd was playing games on my iphone when he wasn't 1 yet.
My daughter's friend is also 8 and has an ipad, and i did hear it from my DD that she wants one, but then I asked her yesterday if she wants one still, and said: "no"! Go figure! She wants Lolla Loopsy! LOL
She should have asked, but she already bought the item.
I can't offer any advice or suggestions that haven't already been mentioned. But I do want to say that I think it was incredibly thoughtless and intrusive for your mother-in-law to do such a thing without checking with you two first. That was just WRONG, and I'd be livid as Hell. 'Just sayin' that I agree with you unhappiness over this.
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