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Originally Posted by kennyc
We are talking about very young children here, and we begin by giving out board books which are designed to be chewed and drooled on by babies who are still exploring the world orally, or thrown down (repeatedly) off the high chair by young children who are just figuring out object permanence and experimenting with ways to train their parents to fetch and retrieve. But the most essential attribute of those board books, beyond their durability, is that they pull in the parent, not only to pick them up, but to ask and answer questions, name the pictures, make the animal noises.
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Having a physical printed book is better because mom and dad have to pick them up repeatedly when the little brat throws it across the room?!
I really hate this "children-as-gods" culture we have right now.
Moms and Dads can read to their little ones, "answering questions, naming the pictures, and making the animal noises" regardless of the format.
And I say this even as someone who actually prefers physical books for the littler kids. I still have enough nostalgia for sitting in my Mom or Dad's lap, "helping" by turning the pages, flipping back to look at a favorite picture again...to want that for my great-nieces and -nephews.
But if a kid's parents choose to read to their kids from a tablet screen, at least they're reading to their kids! That, to me, is the most important part.