Comments on: Do kids really need toys to play with their APPS?

By: Abbe Buchanan

Abbe Buchanan — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:17:51 +0000

Toys with Apps I feel will be over stimulation for any child. The tablet, iPhone, ect., stimulates the child enough without adding more. Children need to be children, hands on, creating, anything that encourages development and growth without over stimulation. The technology offered today, in moderation, can add development and growth, but overload in my opinion isn’t beneficial to any child.
Abbe

By: Vivian

Vivian — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:52:28 +0000

I love this post. As a mom of toddler twins, I see a lot of my twin mom friends buying toys (x2!) that are: 1) Expensive; 2) Overstimulating. My twins and I recently discovered the pure joy in going outside, picking up sticks and rocks, and making a mud castles with these items in our backyard. They had a better time playing outside than they have ever had playing with one of their noisy, technology-rich toys.

In my opinion, many toys these days squash a kids’ natural ability to be creative because it does the work for them.

As an aside, my kids get a hold of my iphone, and they have no clue what to do with it other than take their toy wooden hammer and bang it on the iphone screen…

By: Carolyn Storybuilders

Carolyn Storybuilders — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:02:55 +0000

Great post. I agree, Eva. Putting our foot down – and – having a conversation about what it means and feels like to be “connected” to the world without the use of technology. Walking in the woods, feeling bark, flower petals, listening to whispers or shouts, etc…

By: Eva | Little Cool Toys

Eva | Little Cool Toys — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:18:46 +0000

Thank you for a great post with lots to think about! I think you’re right that moderation is the key, and we as parents have to put our foot down. We can’t avoid the technology, but we can try to let our children have more creative and unstructured play for as long as possible.