Hi, does a 6 year old really need an ipod???

never please dont spoil them with this new tech toy in this small age hope you agree with me....

I just bought my 7 1/2 year old daughter an iPod for Christmas. She got the Nano Chromatic (4th Generation). It was $140. It is the one gift she REALLY wanted. She has already been told that she will not be allowed to take it to school. But she has been very responsible with it thus far. She is always careful to put her iPod away when she's done using it. And she is also careful how she carries it while she's using it. I think she will continue to behave responsibly with it, since it was so important to her to have one. Although it is a rather expensive gift, she has already proven her ability to care for expensive items. She has a Nintendo DS that cost $130, and she and her brother have a Nintendo Wii, which is worth $279, so I trust her.

I do not think giving ipod to 6 year old kid is good decision. In this age kid has to learn a lot of things like eating habits, table manners and about cleanliness too. Apart from that there are many mind games available for different age group level kids. I would suggest kid of such as should go to play school and spending time with mind games and anything related to learning process rather than wasting time with ipod.

I don't think they "need" one but I know that I would have just loved one at that age. I was so into music by age 6 but back in my day the best thing my dad could give me was a transister radio with earphones. Trust me, I had it in my ear as much as I could get away with and I also fell asleep with those earphones in. An Ipod would have been something I could only dream of owning. Still, I doubt my parents would have invested in such a costly item for me even if it had existed. I was still too young. I took very good care of that transister radio as well as the record player that I was given and had them all thru highschool. In fact,I had them both still when my first daughter was born and she used them when she was very young. I also had most of my records. Still, my parents could not have known that they would mean that much to me that'd I'd take such good care and use them as I did. Considering the cost of an i-pod ...I would not buy one for a 6 year old . They should start out with something more basic. most 6 yr olds really would want them only because they are the "in" thing to have.

It is a bit young for an Ipod. They can easily drop it or lose it and it can be expensive to replace. I would go for a different kind of music player at that age where they can learn how to use the machine and gradually as they get older work up into an Ipod.

I apolozise in advance for being rude but honest. A six year old requires an iPod only if they: 1) Don't have friends 2) find out that parents have no time for them. 3) Do not indulge in any creative hobbies. 4) Do not enjoy singing or dancing. Come on! doing things are fun and if you don't do it when you are young then when will you?

A six year old doesn't need anything that expensive.

Hi gagan 187, I don't think children really2 need an ipod. Other wise, i think ipod will make an affect of this children character changes into individual selfish person who only have his/her world. Imagine how this child using this infront of her friends, with the earphones in both ears, I think she/he will given lest attention with her/his friends. I think its not good. Secondable, too expencive for a "toy" will spoil children. happy posting always, Gagan!

i dont think a 6 year old really need an ipod. there is a perfect time for him to have that kind of gadget. why not buy something that is educational. I believe Ipod is not for this very young age. This is not reasonable to have a six year old kid an Ipod.

Does a six year old need a X-box or any of the other stuff kids are getting now days? I used to play with a broom stick and pretended it was a horse. It just depends on how kids are brought up and what they expect as being normal in their lives. If kids want this sort of thing they should be made to do some odd jobs for neighbors or whatever to save some of the money. They should be taught what things cost and that things just don't come to them without a price of some kind.

My kids only get big gifts like that for christmas, unless they save the money up themselves. My 7 year old got a DS for christmas, sheknows we only spend so much and that she probally would get very few gifts if she got that. She was fine with that and was very happy when she got it for Christmas. She is a very responsible young lady at just 7 and very thankful for everything she has. I think every child is differant and if they cant take care of it or wouldnt appriciate it then why waste the money? Just my opinion.