Traveling parents should be wary of creating iPad junkies

Mon, 12/26/2011 - 02:58 — Anonymous Show map at bottom of page My
18-month-old toddler still can't say his grandmother's name "Mima",
but he has already said the word "iPad". The first time he said it, my
husband and I looked at each other in disbelief.   "What did he just
say?" my husband chuckled.  "iPah, iPah," my son repeated, removing
any lingering doubt, before outstretching his little arms to wrestle the
sleek tablet from his father's clutches.   When my husband finally
relented, we both stepped back to marvel at my son sliding his stubby fingers
across the screen, moving pages until he found the icon he wanted. He tapped
it effortlessly and right on cue, his favorite show, "The Wiggles," started
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