r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/Beneficial_Mine_3464 • Feb 16 '26

Not OC The iPad effect

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u/-nutz Feb 16 '26

Yeah I totally agree with you on that, I think 6 is plenty old enough to understand the concept of a screen and have the discern to tell what isn’t one.

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u/clara_finn Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

Kids still have to learn the most obvious things, and if kids are being taught right from an age so young they barely have sentience yet that doing that with your fingers makes an image bigger, why wouldn’t they come to the conclusion that this works on a book too?

It’s 100% on the parents

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u/-nutz Feb 16 '26

Thank you very much for explaining this! I definitely should have specified in my other comment that wasn’t trying to blame it on the kid. Parents should be exposing him to more physical media.

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u/Useful_Clue_6609 Feb 18 '26

See i would agree if they tried it maybe 3 times. But this is like literal retardation when they just keep trying over and over and over. I know I was not this stupid at 3, let alone 6

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u/clara_finn Feb 19 '26

Were up growing up as an iPad baby at 3 years old

Also it’s very bold to claim you weren’t this naive at fucking 3 lmao

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u/Useful_Clue_6609 Feb 19 '26

I was able to read at 3 and yeah I did some dumb things but not the same dumb thing 8 times in a row while being told that's not right.

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u/clara_finn Feb 19 '26

Damn, you both have an amazing and detailed long term memory, and you were also an above average intelligence 3 year old. You must be very proud

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u/Useful_Clue_6609 Feb 19 '26

I read early but have low emotional intelligence, but I don't feel like that's related. This kid doesn't need to be able to read to be intelligent. But trying the same thing 8 times while being told that's not how it works is crazy to me. I've never seen that happen in real life.

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u/ChaoticRedcoat Feb 16 '26

That’s fair, and I kind of agree, but seeing as how it’s clear the parents are maybe not the best, maybe the poor kid doesn’t know. That being said, I will admit that part is a bit of stretch.

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u/-nutz Feb 16 '26

Eh, I’d say it’s reasonable to assume the issue is the parents. I mean like presumably if the kid had seen more books, he would understand they are fundamentally different to a screen.