by ladyofacertainage » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:32 am
Personally I think 8 is a bit young, if they want music you can get great MP3 players very reasonably and all my kids had them from 8, filled with audio books and music they liked for long journeys etc. We don't have any DS or similar hand held gaming devices. My eldest (13)now has an i pod touch and loves it, he is old enough to manage his itunes account and everything himself, and appreciates it. If he had had one at 8 it would have been just another toy and he wouldn't have realised it was an expensive luxury item that he was very priviledged to have.
Personally I think 8 is a bit young, if they want music you can get great MP3 players very reasonably and all my kids had them from 8, filled with audio books and music they liked for long journeys etc. We don't have any DS or similar hand held gaming devices. My eldest (13)now has an i pod touch and loves it, he is old enough to manage his itunes account and everything himself, and [u]appreciates[/u] it. If he had had one at 8 it would have been just another toy and he wouldn't have realised it was an expensive luxury item that he was very priviledged to have.
