This might sound controversial to many and we as well would have been doubtful before about an iPad in the hands of our kids.
The truth is, since we got an iPad a couple of months ago, it’s mostly used by our kids. It’s a great tool in many ways and while you need to (try to) keep a good balance; the iPad can give extra flexibility to the parents.
One of the situations where our iPad comes in very handy is to do sports. Trying to loose some of the pregnancy kilos we (yes … we) gained over the past 4 years, we got ourselves subscribed to a fitness club. I’m not much for spending hours on a home trainer or other machines, but the various group classes are just right for me. But what do I do with the kids at home? Leaving all 3 at home with daddy is fine when one or two do their afternoon nap, but on those days that Victoria and Lukas fight all the time, I just drag one of them (usually Victoria) along. And instead of carrying a huge bag of books, toys and teddy bears, I just take the iPad.
And we’re definitely not the only parents seeing things this way. Victoria has got company of several other kids with their respective iPads or other tablets. No worries that Victoria, or even worse, kamikaze Lukas, is running around in the club disturbing other sporty people.
The kids actually spend most of the time either looking at me doing sports, either playing games on the iPad. We’re not even having 3G on the iPad so watching cartoons on youtube isn’t part of the options. But there are loads of great apps out there, for free or minimal costs, that keeps our kids fascinated just long enough to get through a session of sweating …
And when getting home, daddy had enough hands free do some cooking or cleaning, which is a nice advantage as well!
