Brradley.
Families are different man. Dunno what to say to you.
I switch on TV and watch spoilts 16 year olds getting given Ferrari's because there spoilt rotten. How could they be anything other?
I dont run things liken that. If my daughter had got 15% for effort (the only column of the report im interested in) then she'd have got a doll and nothing more. I would deliberately be harsh so she can see she has to stick in at school. Luckily Ive avoided this.
But 98%??? Im amazed and very proud and this HAS to be rewarded on the scale it deserves.
Im not very wealthy at all. Infact thanks to the recession and loosing my job ive never been more skint. But it is my duty to reward this.
If I have to pull out like this every year and then one day when shes 21 she gets a first on her honors degree then I honestly don't care.
You realize we are talking about a 5 year-old, right?
She doesn't HAVE TO customize it. She could have an easier to hold device for her smaller hands at a reasonable price.
You're right, she really needs to customise her device more than she needs a simple device with a wide array of apps
I understand your point, but what i find weird is this: Whenever a person buys a new iPad and goes to the boards then a common response is either to sell it or "Give it to your kid" and nobody judges them as parents. But for some reason then if a person decides to buy a new product for their kid then their parenting choices are now being scrutinized.I think its one thing to allow her to use one but its quite another to buy her her own iPad. Why not just allow her to use yours when she is good instead of buying her own? She can get into trouble by having her own iPad (the internet isn't exactly a safe place for children, nor is your iTunes Account)
I know many of these posts here are jealousy driven but I can't think of a good reason why a 5 year-old needs a $350+ iPad, I mean what are you supposed to get her when she is 12? A car?
Don't spoil her. She'll get this idea that the world will hand her things for nothing and she doesn't have to work hard to earn things. Its one thing to reward her for good efforts its different to spoil them.
Hi,
My 5 year old daughter has done superb at school. I do things a little different in my house. I dont just dish out presents for nothing. I illustrate 3 options. One small present for poor effort, then one for medium effort and a top prize for best effort. With the glowing 98% mark she got in the effort coloum of here teachers report im blow away and so proud of her. I simply must reward this as promised and then some!
(Note effort not grades. Not everyone can be a straight A's student. My only concern is she has an incentive to try her hardest and realizes early on that things don't grow on trees for many of us.)
So, time for skint daddy to stump up for an iPad Im not wealthy by any stretch of the mile. But will gladly sell the shirt of my back to reward her.
So, im not that good at this technology stuff but know enough to get by.
Options seem to be iPad 2 vs iPad mini as they cost a similar amount. My daughter is 5, shes gonna be watching stuff like Kung fu panda and other DVDs she already has and playing app store games mostly. She wont have Email but facetime is essential. The iPad will never leave our house.
Can anyone advise me between the two?
I have a load of xvid backups of my DVD collection and my daughters children DVDs too on my PC. Will I be able to stream them across to here iPad? I understand the iPads dont use Xvid and you have to do a conversion. But then with that comes the space to house all of this and the price between a 16 gig and a 64 gig is double. Id much rather get the 16 gig and stream over from my PCs hard drive.
Any help greatly appreciated.
I think this is a horrible idea.
I'm 16, and I'll admit I'm spoiled. It all started out with things like this. It started out with small rewards for doing well in school. Then that turned into a gameboy color, into a gameboy advance, into a gameboy advance SP, into a nintendo DS, then into an iPod nano, into an iPod video, into an iPod touch, into a MacBook, into a MacBook Pro, into an iPhone, into an iPhone 3GS, into an iPhone 5. You're just digging yourself into a hole and you'll end up with a daughter that will want every goddamn thing in the world.
My parents were against me getting an iPhone, saying that "if I got one now, there's nothing left to want in the future." I think they were right.
And for god's sake, she's 5. What does she need an iPad for? Get her a doll as the high tier reward and a sticker as the low tier reward. You've screwed up the scale. Especially since you lost your job, you need to get a hold on your financial situation for now and the future.
I know a bunch of girls my age who started out like your daughter with parents like you. Nobody likes them, because if they don't get their way, they WILL do everything they can to get it. This translates to objects, friends, and even sex.
I am smart, I have a 3.8 GPA and excel in the sciences. If you're willing to sacrifice her attitude for success, then so be it. I can't make you do anything, but just understand that when you start threads like these online, you are attracting criticism. If you didn't want criticism, then you should not have started this thread.
Just my 2 cents.
^^THIS is well said. I spoiled my daughter and I'm living to regret it now. This here is so true!!!!
Hi,
My 5 year old daughter has done superb at school. I do things a little different in my house. I dont just dish out presents for nothing. I illustrate 3 options. One small present for poor effort, then one for medium effort and a top prize for best effort. With the glowing 98% mark she got in the effort coloum of here teachers report im blow away and so proud of her. I simply must reward this as promised and then some!
(Note effort not grades. Not everyone can be a straight A's student. My only concern is she has an incentive to try her hardest and realizes early on that things don't grow on trees for many of us.)
So, time for skint daddy to stump up for an iPad Im not wealthy by any stretch of the mile. But will gladly sell the shirt of my back to reward her.
So, im not that good at this technology stuff but know enough to get by.
Options seem to be iPad 2 vs iPad mini as they cost a similar amount. My daughter is 5, shes gonna be watching stuff like Kung fu panda and other DVDs she already has and playing app store games mostly. She wont have Email but facetime is essential. The iPad will never leave our house.
Can anyone advise me between the two?
I have a load of xvid backups of my DVD collection and my daughters children DVDs too on my PC. Will I be able to stream them across to here iPad? I understand the iPads dont use Xvid and you have to do a conversion. But then with that comes the space to house all of this and the price between a 16 gig and a 64 gig is double. Id much rather get the 16 gig and stream over from my PCs hard drive.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Exactly this.Don't get her an iPad, get her an art table and some paint. Teach your children to produce, not to consume.
I was curious about that as well.What? You reward your kids for poor effort????????????
Its not about customizing, its also about price. And Doesn't Android offer better parental features?
Personally, I'm using an iPad as a supplemental tool for teaching my daughter and its absolutely amazing, but the biggest issue I have with iOS is how terrible it is with parental controls. Since we're sharing the device then restricting access is impractical and quite annoying.
At this point the Kindle Fire HD seems to be at the forefront of "kid-friendly tablets". (if you're a Prime user)
- $199 ($160@toys r us this weeks ad)
- Multiple user support
- Freetime controls which allows granular limitations to all functions
- Freetime Unlimited $2.99/mo and offers a kid-only video selection/apps/books
- Passable app library
Yes, I'm sure people will try to find ways to slam anyone not Apple but Let's be honest, Considering the target audience, Apple simply should be better at the whole "family" thing. Ive been tempted several times to buy one but in the end I personally feel that $329 is worth it just because of my personal preferences.
I absolutely can't stand seeing people spoil their kids with stuff. Reward her good behavior with memories. Take her somewhere awesome for good behavior. The memories will last longer than a iPad.
Hi,
My 5 year old daughter has done superb at school. I do things a little different in my house. I dont just dish out presents for nothing. I illustrate 3 options. One small present for poor effort, then one for medium effort and a top prize for best effort. With the glowing 98% mark she got in the effort coloum of here teachers report im blow away and so proud of her. I simply must reward this as promised and then some!
(Note effort not grades. Not everyone can be a straight A's student. My only concern is she has an incentive to try her hardest and realizes early on that things don't grow on trees for many of us.)
So, time for skint daddy to stump up for an iPad Im not wealthy by any stretch of the mile. But will gladly sell the shirt of my back to reward her.
So, im not that good at this technology stuff but know enough to get by.
Options seem to be iPad 2 vs iPad mini as they cost a similar amount. My daughter is 5, shes gonna be watching stuff like Kung fu panda and other DVDs she already has and playing app store games mostly. She wont have Email but facetime is essential. The iPad will never leave our house.
Can anyone advise me between the two?
I have a load of xvid backups of my DVD collection and my daughters children DVDs too on my PC. Will I be able to stream them across to here iPad? I understand the iPads dont use Xvid and you have to do a conversion. But then with that comes the space to house all of this and the price between a 16 gig and a 64 gig is double. Id much rather get the 16 gig and stream over from my PCs hard drive.
Any help greatly appreciated.