Do you think it necessary for kids to have their own iPads?

It is never good or in a way very bad to make the normal kids as the gizmo freaks from their childhood itself. The kids have already lost so much that they need to get because of the computers and other electronic devices. There are a hell lot of games that we used to play when we were kids and the kids of today even haven't heard of such a thing is how they react when they hear such names. Feels so bad, don't know really where the kids are going and ending up. maybe, one day even father and mother will be computers which is becoming their life now.

I think our world right now have too much electronics. I have nothing against it but sometimes it is just too much. Should should go out and not be stuck at home playing games. I just turned 21 but my childhood is way different from today. I still remember going out everyday to play with my friends and just come home for lunch and dinner. So I don't think they need iPads.

I think that it really depends upon how old the children are, and what they are using the devices for. My younger brother has one because he has to commute to school and it takes him over an hour on a train each morning. Having an iPad means that he is able to keep himself entertained during this time so that he doesn't get bored on the journey. It's just like any other games console, really. You could spend hours on there if you wanted to, and I see no reason why they shouldn't have one of their own providing they promise to take good care of it.

Oh definitely! I think it's better for children to have outdoor activities instead of having their faces crowded upon a tablet. But I do have an ipad. And I do let my children play with it, when I'm not using it. I also would like to make them technologically-adept to what ever is the trend out there. As I think that it would be useful when their out in the world. I just make sure that I manage their time. There's a time for playing it, and there's a time for other physical activities.

I didn't get my iPod until I was 17, I don't have an iPad, but I'll probably eventually get one, but I will not let kids use it when I have kids. There's already so much technology, I think that everyone needs a break from it every once in awhile. I am on my computer all the time, but I'm using it to work and make money.

I think it is not very necessary to give your kids their own iPads. I know if you have so much money, than you can do everything and give everything to your kids. But i think this is not tell them how to learn. Most of them will use iPad to playing games not for educating.

Well, an ipad is basically a laptop. I would not get my child an ipad though. I was just watching dr phil and there was a couple on there whose 15 yr old daughter was texting dirty pictures of herself to older guys and sleeping with them. They would ground her from one source of internet and she would find another way to get on and talk to these guys. I limit how much access to the internet my oldest has and I don't plan to let her have access to something like an ipad till she's much older.

I know kids are growing up more computer literate than their parent's generation,but I see that as being no reason they should be given the latest tech object as a plaything...any time I've seen one of them in the hands of a kid,it belonged to one of the parents!

Yes, the iPad becomes much more popular today. However, I don't agree for the children to use it so much. Since it is very addictive to play the games from iPad, even for the adults. And how you can ask your children not to play it so much? It is very difficult for them to do because they are still children. I still think that children in this age shall use more hands. Such as they should use the brushes to paint rather than "paint" in iPad. They should have more outdoor activities, such as running and swimming. It will be good for their health. And they should read more books rather than reading from the iPad as it may not be good for their eyesight. I love China

Call me old-fashioned or conservative but I don't think children should have iPads or iPhones or any of these hi-tech gadgets. We survived without them so I don't think it's a necessary item. There are lots of other things they can experience and explore at their age -sports, music etc. I feel that these things are just too expensive for children to have. As my husband and I have discussed, these are things that we won't give our children but that they can have it if they have money to buy it. It's a good way to teach them the value of money and that you have to work hard to get things.

Yeah nowdays just want the new tech gadget and parents are doing wrong fulfilling these demands. Now most kids all the time are glued to their phones ,playstations when they should go and play in playgrounds. They are becoming unhealthy and its not good.

I dont have kids yet but I am against all those new electronics. Kids that age should go outside and play with each other, play some sports.

I have 2 daughters and I will not buy them an iPad. If they want to play a bit, have some fun after school, then they can play with their PS2. I never allowed them to open the net by them self, they have to wait for me after my work to accompany them, or at least checking what sites that they have searched for. I prefer them to go out and play with their bicycles then stay in front of the screen too long.

Hi! Evaluate your child first if he is able to use it rightly or if he can handle what he sees in the internet with the use of ipad.There a lot of bad things that may influence your child in the internet.So let us protect the children from all of this.

I think that is too much for their age. If the children use devices since they was kids, the devices can affect them. Much better is to be you his "iPad", to hepl to discover the entire world.

Education has two schools of thought. If a teacher gives an assignment should the work be done by student all on their own only using class instruction as a guide which is more exercise related or is a student allowed to use internet tools to gather information like is done in the real world. I think ipads are great little tools like a desktop computer is a good tool. I am thinking however of marketing a new product that might sell like hotcakes. It is called the pencil and pad writing tool.