Nuked by my toddler today

4junk3000 wrote:
I really wish parents took greater advantage of how open the young minds of kids aged 2-5 are.

This is definitely the time when personality foundations develop which can steer the child through later ages of development.

Kids will adapt to sports, creative arts, and other activities like moths to light bulbs if their parents give them the support they need to get started.

I've seen preschool age kids better than me at piano, skiing, etc.

Unfortunately too many parents are over scheduled, under interested, or whatever else they've got a reason for planting their children in front of a video screen as a baby sitter.

Kids are so smart. As adults, we impede their potential. It's one of the saddest things about humanity, probably second only to greed on my list.

When first saw Idiocracy (movie) I was not expecting it would become a documentary.

P.s. these are generalizations, not a criticism of OP. I don't know what her circumstances were at all. But hopefully she will be more mindful in the future about giving her toddler a device which could "blow Eisenhower's mind".

OP mentioned that she was sitting reading a book, with the 2-year old in her lap, playing with the device. I agree with your overall premise, and I know you specified that you were generalizing. Your statement that you didn't know what her circumstances were led me to think you missed her description in her later post.

BTW, I saw a kid riding a bike the other day. Haven't seen a kid riding a bike in ages. Reminder me of when I was a little kid and on Saturday mornings my parents would say "go find someone to play with" and we kids would spend the day God knows where doing God knows what with God knows who. We knew that when it got dark, we had to go home for dinner. And we'd spend all day having a blast, making up our own things to do. It's a wonder any of us survived. But we had to be creative, and nobody intervened. :)