[blparent] Accessible apps

[Bernadetta]

I agree with bridget here.
Personally, I am firmly against having my sun watch tv or learn 
anything from an IPhone etc.
I'm not one of thosemoms who will deny her kid something just on teh 
basis of being strict, but like bridget, I believe that there's not 
much good that can come from allowing an infant or a toddler to watch a screen.
I know I'm probably not in the majority with my views on this; Plenty 
of parents seem to be ok with allowing their kids to watch tv and play 
with IDevices from the youngest age.
My own mother doesn't even see the point of me not wanting my one year 
old to play with her IPhone or watch cartoons on a regular basis. She 
gets a huge kick out of using the application facetime to try to 
interact with my son when she's not around and she wants to see him, 
but I've had to turn her down when she's wanted to talk to him over 
facetime because my child, who rarely has tantrums insisted on 
performing a shrieking concert for us whenever it was time to take the 
IPhone out of his sight.
An uncle of mine wanted to buy Gabriel a bear which is supposed to be 
used with an IDevice to make it come to life, so to speak, but I 
dissuaded him from doing so because I didnt' think it healthy for a 
child his age to rely on a device such as that for games and entertainment.
I know of a mother who insists that her child watches tv all the time 
in order to become better educated in the future. Her child is seven 
months old, and she's been watching hours of television on a regular 
basis since she was about six weeks old. I cant' imagine what kind of 
repercussions that will have on her later on.
By the way, I love doug and melissa for wooden toys and games. We have 
a bunch of wonderful toys from them and all are creative, durable and fun.

Bernadetta