1. iPads keep kids quiet and still when you need to get actual work done.
2. See #1.
Scenario 1:
Jack: Where are we going?
me: We just have to stop home to get your uniform so we…
Jack: (cutting me off) NOOOOOOO!!!! I don’t WANT to go to TAE KWON DO!!! Can’t we just…
me: (cutting him off) You can use my iPad while we drive!
Jack: (stops yelling) Okay, hand it over.
Scenario 2:
me: Can you play nicely for a minute at my desk while I go and have a quick meeting?
Jack: Okay. Where are your scissors?
me: Why?
Jack: No reason. Can I see that stapler and the golf club in that guy’s cubicle? And some of that goop that you mix together to make a print of your teeth?
me: Don’t touch anything while I’m gone! Can’t you read your book?
Jack: No.
me: Want to play Angry Birds on the iPad?
Jack: Yesss!
me: You planned this all along didn’t you?
Jack: Of course. I don’t want to clean up whatever mess I would make with scissors and paper and all that stuff. Go to your little meeting now.
Sh*t My 18-Year-Old Says 
It’s so true and really I REALLY, REALLY, want one for myself, but honestly nothing depressed me more this month than reading my sister-in-law’s FB status which said “Does anybody know anything about these Android tablets? Looking to buy an iPad for a 4 year old for Christmas.”. Seriously? It’s such a small jump from Disney Princesses to iPads these days…..
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I must have read your post about that because I totally remember that headline. I laughed. And yeah, they are NOT for kids. I’m totally half joking about it in my post. It’s great to use as a distraction once in awhile, but it is NOT a toy, just like my phone. Jack can play Angry Birds here and there, but that’s it! I saw him switch over to the internet today and actually heard him say, “Yeah, let’s shop for those Angry Bird plush toys.” I yanked the iPad out of his hot little hands. Yikes. He learned a good lesson today, because he’s banned for a bit from using it.
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