PT-LawMom

There’s an article in today’s New York Times today about the increasing demand for technology for the pre-school set. This post might get me a lot of backlash, but I am so on board with the tech toys. In fact, this toy (shown on the front page of the article) is the one my son is getting for Christmas (thank you LeapFrog for the great sale and free shipping!) (P.S. Unlike many, MANY of my friends with kids Pumpkinhead’s age who have had them since two, this will be Pumpkinhead’s first video game-type machine.)

Okay, sure, the pediatricians know what they’re talking about and increased screen time is DEFINITELY a contributor to obesity and other issues. That said, we need some more pediatricians of my generation to get into practice. The reality is that we grew up on computers and other technology advances. The generation behind us is even more entrenched. Texting? Don’t even try to text me because I am SUCH a moron when it comes to that. IM’ing — time-sucker. But my peers would disagree and I think that is well-illustrated by some of the comments in this article, such as the mother who said she had to return the fake cell because her preschooler wasn’t easily fooled — she knew what a real cell looked like and wanted one (no, I wouldn’t get a cell for a child that young, but I thought it was an interesting observation). What do you all think about this tech trend? Is it damaging to kids or just realistic to purchase them technological toys?