Text Messaging Toddlers? What’s Next, Laptops on High Chairs?
"Busy 3-year-olds will love to 'play' like their parents do," LeapFrog wrote about the little personal digital assistant, which will retail for $21.99.
According to a report in the New York Daily News, toddlers will soon be able to mimic their obsessively compulsive parents, texting and typing away, just like Mom and Dad on a mini-PDA.
The device, unveiled at a toy fair in England, the Text & Learn will be on store shelves this summer in the United States. They may even be as addictive as the real-life devices are for some parents.
Oh, come on! Please don’t do this.
LeapFrog, please don’t turn our toddlers into tapping little digit-heads.
That’s my final plea related to this story. Can we, please, just let our kids grow up and stop trying to turn them into little adults?