10 Jan, 2015
Worrying rise of the iPad childminder
Tanith Carey and Antonia Hoyle | Daily Mail | 8 January 2015
More and more parents admit using tablets to keep their children quiet
- The royals have admitted Prince George knows what to do with an iPad
- They are by no means the only family in the country giving out technology at a young age
- In a time where iPaddy has become a popular phrase, more and more children are being given the Apple products
Little Jonah Howarth has a strict bedtime routine. He has his bath and nappy change, clean pyjamas and a warm bottle of milk. Then comes the thing that he’s been looking forward to all day — a play on Mummy’s iPad.
At seven months old, he adores the device, and happily taps away on the screen with his chubby fingers, popping bubbles in his favourite video game, or watching YouTube clips of animals, numbers and animated nursery rhymes.
