We just celebrated my son's 5th birthday. Like most kids these days, he's already well-versed in technology. My husband and I are self-proclaimed techies. We each have an iPhone and an iPad so it wasn't unusual for my mother-in-law to offer her old iPhone as a birthday gift to my son.
Initially, I scoffed at the idea. What 5-year-old needs a digital device of that magnitude? However, after comparing prices on products aimed at his age range, we decided it was cheaper to just utilize the old iPhone and load it up with kid-friendly apps. We also included a couple of his favorite apps right now which are Angry Birds and Weather.com. What can I say? He's diverse.
Well, with electronics comes responsibility. Somewhere along the line, (not from his parents, of course) my son thought he needed to take the new phone into the bathroom with him. You can imagine the disaster that ensued. Yep, into the toilet went the phone. My son was traumatized. The morning was extremely difficult after this incident.
Of course, we put the phone in rice and we are "seeing what happens." Grandma and grandpa believe they should replace the phone because the event was his lesson learned. I lean toward the mindset that had he been following the rules where he must ask permission about using the phone, then the incident would not have happened. Grandma and grandpa believe we all make mistakes. What do you think?
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