Children and Technology

I found this artcile- Switched-on iPad infants put to the test - an interesting read.
Before having children, the thought of children growing up in front of a TV or computer screen made me believe it was because of bad parenting. And children who came around to our house, who sat on the couch and played their handheld computer games, I felt were just rude.
Maybe some parents do it as a way of having a constant babysitter and I, myself, am guilty of using a DVD, computer or the Wii to entertain my children, especially in the last few years while studying and have found games, such as Angry Birds, on the iPhone very handy while out and about.
It is fantastic that children these days have the opportunity to have access and ability to use all the modern technologies, such as the iPad, as it is where the future lies. To see an infant or child pick up and use iPads and computers so easily and to quickly work out how to use it, is an amazing thing to watch. It can take adults ages to work out how to use modern technology, so for a child to pick it up and work it out, sometimes after only being shown a few times, its just fantastic.
After researching iPads and children using them I found out that iPads are not just for fun. iPads and their apps, are also being recognized for helping children with disabilities such as Autism. It helps with communicating and aid in learning, which you can read more about here, where you can read about why iPads are successful and click on some links to reviews by parents who have autistic children.