Steve Jobs, inventor of the iPad, didn't let his kids use iPads
Whenever I post about this I always get comments along the lines of "good luck raising your kids without iPads, they're going to be technologically illiterate...they won't be able to get a job!"
Because yes, the only way to ensure kids learn how to use technology is by giving them unfettered access to iPads starting at 2 years old. And if I want them to understand electricity, I should just hand them a fork and point them to the nearest electrical outlet.
I know it's a lot easier to watch kids when they have an iPad. They're quiet and still. It's lke magic. Except it's not magic. It's dopamine firing in their tiny, developing brains. That's why they cry so much when you turn the iPad off. You took away their fix.
"Sanctimonious andy griffith account stop telling me how to raise my kids!"
I'm not telling you how to raise your kids. I'm saying why we raise ours the way we do. Yes there's a distinction. You can do what you want.
Nobody is a perfect parent. I'm definitely not. My kids ate plain tortillas and peanut butter crackers for breakfast this morning (and they'll eat halloween candy with seed oils as a lsited ingredient tonight gasp).
But I'm taking Steve Jobs' lead on the ipad issue (won't take his lead on other things parenting related, tbf).