Kids and Technology

Ellie has always had this fascination with our phones (probably because we’re on them all the time) so we decided to get her the Fisher Price Apptivity Case.

Long story short, it rocks. It was only $15 and Fisher Price has three free apps available for download on the App Store. If you want something to protect your iPhone while your kid makes you realize how primitive your toys were, buy it now.

Toys, if you can even call the iPhone a toy, like these enable kids to take in so much more information while getting them accustomed to current technology. What’s going to happen five years from now when Ellie starts kindergarten? Are kids still going to have books for every subject? With the way things are going, I can see schools switching completely to something along the lines of a Kindle Fire. It’s only $199 and does everything a school would need it to do (and probably more).

In grade school, I can remember having so much homework, I would have to put practically every book into my over sized backpack and lug that thing home. I have a feeling those days will soon be over and I’m sure our kids will reap the benefits.