Why You Should Let Your Kid Use Your iPhone
One of my customers in the restaurant last night was a little girl, who could not have been older than one year old; who could not even speak to me, if she could speak at all; and who sat in a high chair and flipped through photos and videos on an iPhone with more dexterity than you would expect out of any fully grown, intelligent adult with a college education.
It made me think of Gever Tulley’s talk about Tinkering School, and perhaps I should let him know that I’ve found the 51st dangerous thing you should let your children do (Tulley’s 5o Dangerous Things here). Sure, the kid might throw the iPhone across the room and break the screen, but that’s a chance you ought to take. You should have seen this girl! It’s like she knew intuitively how to use it, like the phone was an extension of her dextrous, chubby little fingers.
The next generation’s technology is going to make ours seem like it was built by a clever bunch of chimps.
2 Responses to “Why You Should Let Your Kid Use Your iPhone”
2010/5/11 Jeff Golenski
Would make a wonderful testimonial for Apple. haha. She was still an infant though? I wasn’t under the impression that such a youngin’ could even hold such a device.
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2010/5/11 Matt
Yea, she was still an infant. I don’t think she could pick it up. The phone sat on the table. But she sure knew how to use it, at least enough to look through photos and videos as she wished.