So we had a Leap Frog, what is it called? The Letter Factory and they watched that and they learned their letters quite quickly because of that show. Well when they were little, they watched a DVD, it was a Leap Frog Learning called Letter Factory…īernie: That was as far as technology went, right?Įmirick: Well yea, that was, that was the thing back then. It’s like, has your children benefited from the technology now?Įmirick: I think so. And I feel like he’s probably like three now and probably on the fourth book of Harry Potter. And he read his first 100 words at fourteen months. So nine, twelve, and fifteen.īernie: Ok so, I know a mom, she put her baby in front of one of those, what do you call those? Those baby can read videos on the iPad everyday and let him play with educational apps since he was little. My seven year old is my son and the three old is my darling little daughter.īernie: Oh, ok, and Amrick, you got, you have a teenager, right?Įmirick: I do! I have a fifteen year old and I have…I have a teenager and a “tweenager” and one who thinks he’s a teenager but he’s got a long way to go. I have a seven year old and a three year old. How are you, my girlfriends?īernie: So, first of all, Annie this is the first time on board with Tired Moms, and you have two kids, right?Īnnie: Yes I do. Joining me today are Emirick, mother of three boys from Monteclaire, California and Annie Canete, mother of two from Jacksonville, Florida. Ok so many of us are letting tech, guilty of letting technology babysit our children, raising my hand, I am one of them, but are we aware of what children, of what our children, are watching? Are we controlling what kind of content they are exposed to? Let’s ask other moms. When asked if they often use their tech gadgets to effectively babysit their children, keep them occupied so the parents didn’t have to, the majority, 58% said that they did while 25% admitted that it depended on the situation. How many of you moms do that?Ī recent study was conducted my polled 2,403 American parents of children ages two to thirteen 27% of respondents said that they allow kids to access tech devices on a daily basis, 22% on a weekly basis, and 19% said they do it occasionally, 18% said they rarely did, and 15% said never, and they probably live on some remote island without wifi. I have a toddler, I have a job, I have church duties, and sometimes, I just need my toddler to stay still while I’m making dinner, doing the dishes, checking my email, and so I sometimes let the T.V., sometimes iPad, babysit him. Bernie Rosquites: You’re listening to Faith and Family, a Christian family community that aims to promote Christian values.