Are iPhones a Learning Tool or Mind-Numbing Pacifiers for Kids?
It’s amazing how quickly kids can figure out an iPhone. The Boston Globe recently took a look at the trend of parents handing their iPhones to children to play with and the subsequent creation of a mobile generation. These “mobile kids” are the purest breed yet of natives to the wireless world where the rest of us are refugees. Their fluency with technology and expectations of instant access to everything will eclipse even those of their older siblings and cousins, the “digital kids” weaned on desktop computers wired to the Web. This is why my 4-year-old is incredulous when I can’t honor her request to replay the Taylor Swift song we’ve just heard on the car radio. She simply can’t comprehend how something electronic could be beyond our personal control, even if we’re talking about public airwaves. But are iPhones good or bad for kids? As with any media, experts stress moderation in screen time and note that parents should focus on offering them educational apps and keeping them away f
