iPad

iPad, I love you, although I'm not sure at this moment whether I love you more or I actually love my Mac Book Pro more. Nevertheless, I do love you.

I've been wanting to buy an iPad months before it was actually available in the market. Truth is, I still haven't bought one yet despite iPad 2 has already made its presence months now and rumor has it that iPad 3 is not far on the way.

My lovely sister got one, lent it to me and my kids saying that she doesn't really use it much. For whatever reason, I love her for it and loath her for it. For almost 2 years, I've been doing my best to avoid exposing my kids to TV and other media. I've found that people who watch a lot of TV, on the computer a lot or other media, tend to be less patient and seem to be more deaf, literally. They LISTEN less, have less eye contact, and have less distinctive individual personalities. Myself included, of course.

I had hope to raise the twin stars with as little influence from the media as possible. It was a very hard job, especially because I am addicted to my Mac Book Pro or most gadgets actually, and other people in my life do not share my understanding of the matter. Sigh... My kids always want to play with my cameras, always taking virtual photos, always talking about laptops, recently all they ask for is the iPad!

We fight of course. Oh...we've fought so many times over the iPad.

The question is, should I return the iPad to my sister and hope to persuade my kids ( and myself) that the iPad is really not necessary in our lives, and try to go back to the previous lifestyle where media was avoided as much as possible? Seriously, kids and myself included, are less interested in working with our hands, making crafts or even reading a real book like before. Oh how I used to love reading books, real books! And my kids have been raised reading 7-10 or even more books every night before we go to bed. Now? All they talk and fight about before bed is " When is it my turn to use the iPad?" or WORSE! " Where's the iPad" the first thing they say after opening their eyes in the morning. Sigh...