People tend to use all manner of descriptive language to describe today’s mobile phones. There are a few words that are not generally bandied about in the mobile phone discussion, words like “durable” or “waterproof”. Due to the high cost of some of the higher-end smart phones, people have learned to be very careful with their precious wireless devices. The same cannot be said, where applicable, about their toddlers.
Innocent Destruction
Small children do not understand such abstract concepts as “valuable” or “important”. They just know that their parents’ mobile phones are things that light up, make sounds, and are of extreme interest to Mommy and Daddy. As such, toddlers often take great joy in getting their innocent little hands on the mobile phone – and that’s when the accidents happen. There’s no delicate way to explain it: Your mobile phone won’t work anymore if it gets dropped in the toilet bowl (even if you still wanted it to).
The Spice of Life
Large toy companies like Hasbro have recognized this blip on their commercial radar, responding with an array of toy mobile phones that mimic the real thing, leaving a tiny boy or girl feeling as if they are just as connected as the world around them appears to be. Toy mobile phones, since they truly are captivating to the minds of their target audience, also make for great learning instruments; for example, the Hellophone allows toddlers to record and play back their own voices, spurring their cognitive self-awareness. There’s also a toy touch-screen unit (the Twinkle Touch Phone), complete with apps, providing a primer for the smart phones they will come to depend on.
As prudent as it is to acclimate young children to mobile phones (as with computers) at an early age. But that’s not the immediate gratification that parents will feel the next time their toddler comes up to them and complains that they can’t find “their” mobile phone. Replacing a toy is a minor inconvenience compared to what happens when they lose the real thing.
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