Gomer's been saving every nickel and dime he can come across because he wanted to buy himself the Lego Death Star. Yeah, it's a $400 Lego set with about a billion pieces to lose. He's still a hundred bucks short and now that money is burning a hole in his pocket and he's realizing that he loses Legos and they're a waste of his money (amazing how he realizes this when he's the one putting up the cash).
A few weeks ago he decided he didn't want the Lego Death Star anymore. He came to us with his newest idea. He would like to spend his money on a Kindle Fire. He actually made a fairly convincing argument. He loves to read, he wouldn't be "wasting" his money on more Legos when he already has buckets of them and he would only play games or watch videos when we said it was OK. Hmmm.....
The Hubs and I started thinking and we came up with our pros and cons list.
TOP 5 REASONS TO LET GOMER BUY A KINDLE FIRE:
1. Makes it easy for him to read anywhere.
2. Isn't more Legos to step on.
3. Will keep him entertained, so less fighting with his sister. (Oh crap, his sister. She's going to want one too - better add that to the cons.)
4. Teaches him the value of his money when he has to purchase games/movies himself.
5. Teaches him responsibility. This is an expensive piece of equipment and he needs to take good care of it.
TOP 5 REASONS TO NOT LET GOMER BUY A KINDLE FIRE:
1. We lose control over what he's doing when he's using it.
2. Could be a "fad" item that he grows tired of and ends up being an expensive drink coaster. (We could give it to Adolpha at that point, I guess.)
3. Easily lost and/or broken.
4. Quickly becomes obsolete and then he wants the new/bigger/faster/better/etc. one.
5. I don't even have a tablet of any kind. I will be jealous of my 7 year old's technology!
Many of the kids in his school have an iTouch and iPods (which we don't). Is this just a more "educational" iTouch?
What do you think? Would you let your 7 year old kid buy a Kindle Fire?
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