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Are eBooks OK For Small Children?

First Posted: 12/29/10 11:42 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:20 PM ET

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I was pretty lucky this holiday and received a coveted iPad. But before I even got the thing out of its box, my older daughter started reaching for it. Like every other kid, she loves a good device and wasn't about to let me have this one to myself. So I started thinking about how we could use my gift in an educational way.

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I was pretty lucky this holiday and received a coveted iPad. But before I even got the thing out of its box, my older daughter started reaching for it. Like every other kid, she loves a good device an...
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crbrown7
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11:56 PM on 12/29/2010
I don't know of any actual reason why kids shouldn't read ebooks. I'm just glad when kids read...but it makes me irrationally sad to think they won't be holding physical copies of books and turning pages. Maybe I'm just old.
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Nuke820
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09:15 PM on 12/29/2010
Well yes and no.
YES because they will learn how to read faster and learn!

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NO because if you dont hide it from them or tell them no to mess with it, its gonna end up in the toilet. They were trying to wash it off.
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thebigbike
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03:53 PM on 12/29/2010
Is there any factually supportable reason to suppose that, in contemporary American society, and with visible trends, e-books won't largely replace paper books for small children? ( other than - just perhaps- the cost of the device and the risk of breakage?)
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