I-Touch for 10 yr old?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:11 am

What are your thoughts about a 10 yr old buying an I-Touch.
My step-daughter wants to save her money and buy one but my g/f and I believe she is to young.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:16 am

My friend uses his to download porn. I'm not sure if you can keep it from doing that.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:31 am

Isaac wrote:My friend uses his to download porn. I'm not sure if you can keep it from doing that.

dude.. a 10 y/o girl d/l pron??!

Merlin, i agree. too young. there is no good reason that most 10 y/o NEED a cell phone, much less an iPhone, or any media player. As a matter of want, i think it's a bad choice. DS's for that matter too.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:33 am

Duper wrote:dude.. a 10 y/o girl d/l pron??!

Just saying the device might not have parental settings.

for porn or prons. You gotta watch out for those prons!

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:44 am

She ahs a cell phone to talk to her dad that he bought. She has an I-pod. She has a DS. But we both agree an I Tuoch is not for her. She onyl wants one because her friend has one, her half-sister has one and she thinks it's cool because of the games they had on it. She wants to pay for it but we won't let her. She doesn't realize it's not wi-fi everywhere. She doesn't realize you have to pay for stuff, etc. Just wanted more input form other people.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:54 am

It's probably ok.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:18 am

Isaac wrote:It's probably ok.

It might be ok to get a kid spoiled by the time she's 12. Parents ahve to be responsible in makign sure that kids dont' always get what they want. If she was 14+ I'd have no problems but at 10 she doesn't understand everything yet.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:37 am

I'd be worried about sending or receiving sex-texts.

Zantor · Post by **Zantor** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:42 am

A 10 year old with an iTouch? No. I agree with you, Merlin. She is too young. I barely had my own computer (but no Internet) when I was that age.

Kilarin · Post by **Kilarin** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:56 pm

My 10 year old was asking at supper just yesterday why most of the kids in his class, or even younger, had cell phones that they played games on all day.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:02 pm

She doesn't take her phone to school. She has it to call her dad or when she's left at home for a short period of time to call or text us.

I don't believe a 10 year old has any use for an I touch.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:39 pm

Best take that money she has, and have her buy her own savings bond or something.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:41 pm

She al;ready spent 100 on a stuffed animal and a DS game. We both knew she would not be able to save 200+ dollars.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:54 pm

and she won't if you don't teach her how...

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:04 pm

per month??? She's 10 Flip, not 25.

Remember that the package with those rigs is not cheap; it's not Just the phone.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:52 pm

no. plain and simple. she has enough already.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:18 pm

I'm tending to agree with basically everyone here. She does not need an iPod Touch because she is too young and she has enough already. I'd get her a Sony Walkman that plays tapes though!

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:24 pm

Too young for an iTouch ? How so ? Last time I checked they didn't come w/ a minimum age.. Up to the parents to teach using it.

CUDA · Post by **CUDA** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:31 pm

Grendel wrote:Too young for an iTouch ? How so ? Last time I checked they didn't come w/ a minimum age.. Up to the parents to teach using it.

do you have kids?

Too young

AlphaDoG · Post by **AlphaDoG** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:45 pm

Grendel wrote:Too young for an iTouch ? How so ? Last time I checked they didn't come w/ a minimum age.. Up to the parents to teach using it.

Leave it to an immigrant to point out to you people that were raised here, "Hey, take some kinda leadership position, and teach yer yung un's to be responsible." LMAO!

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:55 am

Grendal, you have to limit what a child has or else they end up becoming spoiled and if they ever don't get what they want, they become very irritated and hard to handle. We teach her sharing and good use of her money. We stopped her from buying 2 stuffed animals and she was happy because later in the day she bought a DS game which she really wanted.

It's our place to make sure that she becomes the best woman she can and that involves raising her to be smart with her money and not wasting it on frivilous things like an I touch at 10 yrs old.

flip · Post by **flip** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:49 am

Heh, If a Ipod touch isn't for a 10 year old ,who is it for? Get one, jailbreak it, block at the router and let the kid be a kid.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:53 pm

CDN_Merlin wrote:Grendal, you have to limit what a child has or else they end up becoming spoiled and if they ever don't get what they want, they become very irritated and hard to handle.

You have much to learn, grasshopper.

CDN_Merlin wrote:We teach her sharing and good use of her money. We stopped her from buying 2 stuffed animals and she was happy because later in the day she bought a DS game which she really wanted.

It's our place to make sure that she becomes the best woman she can and that involves raising her to be smart with her money and not wasting it on frivilous things like an I touch at 10 yrs old.

You seem to have figured it all out -- you were asking for thoughts why again ?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:11 pm

Grendal, we don't have it all figured out and I asked because I wanted input. I'm a first time parent so most of this is new to me and I want to learn anything I can from other parents.

At least I'm active in my kids life unlike so many dead beat parents these days.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:00 pm

I think there's a way to lock out the wireless feature.

so if you can do that, I don't think you have to worry about porn or anything.

You can use this as an oppourtunity to teach her how to prioritize her money. If she wants to buy an Itouch, let her but tell her exactly what the games cost, what the download fees are, etcetra.

If she wants it bad enough, she'll have to learn that she has to pay for everything.

NUMBERZero · Post by **NUMBERZero** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:40 pm

You can tell the phone company to lock down the internet, but I think that is only if you get to the internet via the cell towers. At least that's what I think happens, but it can be locked.

S13driftAZ · Post by **S13driftAZ** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:59 pm

EDIT: Then assign your network a WEP key so she can't get in.

CUDA · Post by **CUDA** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:50 pm

NUMBERZero wrote:You can tell the phone company to lock down the internet, but I think that is only if you get to the internet via the cell towers. At least that's what I think happens, but it can be locked.

Iits an I-Touch NOT an I-Phone

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:15 pm

CUDA wrote:
NUMBERZero wrote:You can tell the phone company to lock down the internet, but I think that is only if you get to the internet via the cell towers. At least that's what I think happens, but it can be locked.
It's an I-Touch NOT an I-Phone

Ugh... I Can't believe I missed that.

Thanks Cuda.

Still, I think it's a bit pricey for a 10 year old. Not to mention just a lot more than a kid needs. Get her a shuffle and call it good.

She has her whole life to get one and besides in ten years or so, bluetooth will come out with a decent window attachment to do all that with voice activation.

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:32 pm

Yes yes, but she wants to play games on it. A shuffle wouldn't let you do that.

I don't think a 10 year old would need iTouch anyways.

The DS should be plenty enough for games and stuff.

....and just for the record, the iTouch 3.x software comes with parental control.

Source

Bet51987 · Post by **Bet51987** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:01 pm

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:07 pm

Merlin,

I just skimmed this thread so forgive me if this has already been mentioned.

I'd consider the ADD factor. Kids these days have so many ways to \"get entertainment right now\" that they can't focus. Anytime they get bored they'll flip to another channel, play a different videogame, etc. I've noticed that anytime I get tired of focusing or concentrating I open up my iPhone and play a game. I now have trouble sitting through my lectures at school and it hurts my performance. I honestly don't think I've sat more than 20 minutes in class without playing on my phone. I really do think electronics can contribute towards ADD.

I definitely blame my iPhone (among other things) for my inability to concentrate.

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:42 am

Duper I think this is one the you want.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:27 am

That's awesome! Thanks!

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:51 am

Money, yeah she gets bored extremely fast. Car ride to badminton and she's bored. It's a 2 min ride. She always has to have something to do. Can't just sit and enjoy the ride etc.

Well, she won't get one unles her dad buys her one. Which we have no control over. He lets her watch Family Guy which we think is to adultish for her. He has no concern for her at all.

If he does get one, then trust me I will lock it done and it won't go to school or a friends house because I'm sure it would get broken. Her cell phone stays home. At school, they have our numbers.

Hunter · Post by **Hunter** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:59 am

OMG that is awesome. Is that really a trick of the eyes or is that just a merged image?

Thenior · Post by **Thenior** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:44 am

I'm not even quite sure what I am looking at?

Pandora · Post by **Pandora** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:55 am

same here.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:07 am

Please go back on topic and stop posting penis pics in here.

Pandora · Post by **Pandora** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:23 am

Pandora wrote:same here.

well, should have read the file name. Obvious now.

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