>>1035113His parents did something right, or maybe they're just lucky.
At Thanksgiving we were watching my 4 year old nephew use Netflix:
>Damn, he scrolls through the episodes so fast!>Why wouldn't he? He can't read the fucking captions!I don't think my sister intended for it to turn out that way, but it's the same struggle that parents have always had with TV... screens hold kids' attention better, so it's the easiest way to keep them occupied. Before long, it's all they want to do.
>>1035249>Develop entry-level rangesSeems like the way forward, if for no other reason than simplified sets would better suit the younger customers who still play with real toys.
>integrate them more with the sort of technology that kids useThis seems risky to me. It's too easy to make the jump entirely into software, or otherwise let the device itself become a distraction.
All those silly mobile games are developed with the help of behavioral psychologists now, to be as attention-grabbing and addictive as possible. Even adults get drawn in... kids don't stand a chance, and it's nearly impossible for conventional toys to compete for their attention when they have access to that stuff.
As much as I hate to sound like a luddite, I'm thinking more and more that young children should just be kept away from screens entirely, at least until about school age. We have our entire lives to waste staring at screens, why start so early?
