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At what age would/did you get your child

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nappyaddict · 25/11/2012 01:30

An iPod touch
A cheap tablet around £90 mark.

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MirandaWest · 25/11/2012 01:34

Haven't yet - DC are 9 and 7

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nappyaddict · 25/11/2012 01:41

I know DS would love one but I've always felt that these are secondary age presents or at least double figures. I wondered if I was just being behind with the times.

I have been looking at ones aimed at children like the Kurio 7 and Arnova Child Pad.

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olibeansmummy · 25/11/2012 08:27

Any age. Ds has had an old I phone as an I pod touch since he was 2.

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Molehillmountain · 25/11/2012 08:30

Our two (well three but dd2 will only be 18 months!) are getting an iPad between them although we're saying it's a family present.

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vodkaanddietirnbru · 25/11/2012 08:32

dd and ds are getting a tablet for christmas (age 9 and 6). DD has an ipod nano that she got last year.

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TellMeLater · 25/11/2012 09:05

At age eight we got them a tablet. They only use it for travelling, it has a kindle app so we download books for holidays but they are very pricy and hard to justify the cost, when we can get them from the library for free and ds reads a chunky book in 48 hrs.
They spend more of their screen time on the computer which has flash player - none of the tablets have this - not even my iPad, so they can't even do their homework on their tablets. They just haven't been as useful as we'd hoped.

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whatkungfuthat · 25/11/2012 09:08

DS1 (14) is getting an ipod touch this year. We would have considered it for a few years but he always wanted something else more. DS2 is 6 and could probably handle a tablet as he is ok on my laptop, I am considering a kindle for myself that he can use too.

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whatkungfuthat · 25/11/2012 09:09

Gah, too many 'considers', I sound like an arse!

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Oodthunkit · 25/11/2012 09:10

Dd1 is getting an iPod touch from xh this year at 12

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LadyIsabellaWrotham · 25/11/2012 09:16

Haven't felt the need yet - they're 8 and 10

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FrankincenseWippery · 25/11/2012 09:23

DD3 has had an old iPhone since she was 18m and kept nicking mine. She has an Innotab 2 but spends more time on my sodding iPad, she's now 3.9. It's amazing how fast the irksome urchins get to grips with these bloody things!

My other three children are too old for that to have been an issue. Think they got their first iPods when they were 12, 11 and 9, in 2004/5. They got laptops when they each turned 14.

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chocolatespiders · 25/11/2012 09:29

My 9.5 dd is having a tablet this year, she has an older sister (15) which I think has made her more savy with these things as dd1 would not have had one at 9!!

DD2 keeps pinching dd1 Ipad and the rows are unbearable. DD2 is having a Samsung Galaxy tab 7" which is £150 with £30 cash back from Samsung (if I remember to send off for it)

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BreakOutTheKaraoke · 25/11/2012 09:33

Got an iPod touch last year, at almost 8. Getting a tablet as a family present this year.

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lljkk · 25/11/2012 09:37

they are generally beyond my budget. However...

I was going to get DS a 2nd hand iPod for his 13th birthday, but in the end he saved up enough money from other sources for us to stretch to helping him buy an iPad. He never gets off the sodding thing.

DD is in y6, has about £70 of birthday money left. I could suggest that i get her an iPod for Xmas combined with some of her own cash, am toying with the idea. It would be a toy, first and foremost. But she could facetime her friends on it.

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Thumbwitch · 25/11/2012 09:42

DH got a Sony tablet earlier this year and DS (4) has been learning to use it. I wouldn't get him his own yet though.

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SweetMingePie · 25/11/2012 09:46

Was considering getting my ds1 one this year, he is 9. Would not get any younger though as they'd not look after it.

I would however consider the meep or kurio for my 7 year old, bt only because they are designed for children and come preloaded with no Internet access.

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phoebechicken · 25/11/2012 09:47

Not yet (8 and almost 6 year olds). I did consider the Kindle Fire for DD1, but I just think she's a bit too young. I'd consider it at 9 or 10 if she really wanted one, I think. I have an ipad that we all use already and that's fine for now.

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ISeeThreadPeople · 25/11/2012 09:50

No idea really what either thing is. Blush DD is only 5 and a half though so maybe I've got all this to come.

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WeAllHaveWings · 25/11/2012 13:33

ds(nearly 9) is getting iPod this Xmas.

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RedZombie · 25/11/2012 13:35

IPOD Touch for 9th birthday. Although I'm starting to think that a 7inch tablet might have been better.
Ipad - can't afford one

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nappyaddict · 26/11/2012 10:11

SMP The Kurio 7, Meep and Arnova Child Pad all have internet access with parental controls don't they?

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iseenodust · 26/11/2012 10:16

Not yet for DS 8.

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Noobo · 26/11/2012 10:19

DD's are both teenagers now but had basic ipods when the nano first came out, so around 8-10 years old. Both have blackberrys and got ipod touchs in early teens. They don't seem that interested in tablets but both got laptops on starting secondary school which they use for media, watching films, tv (when they should be asleep or doing homework...)

A colleague told me the Ipad is great for stopping her kids fighting on long car journeys and if it had been around then I may well have bought one!

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