How much playing on Starfall do people let there kids do?
How much time to allot for playing on the computer really is up to the individual. DD started early on the computer and before long was independent on the computer. She had starfall and pbs bookmarked and had no problem getting into the sites. She could also spend a good hour if not more on it. It really got ridiculous and I was ready to pull out an egg timer to shorten her time when her interests shifted and now she hardly ever gets on the computer. I, personally, think when she was barely 2 there wasn't much she could do on her own and the computer gave her that independence, but as she got closer to three she was finding out she could do more and more and this shifted her interests.
Some people would argue the potential damage of allowing such a young child on a computer period, let alone leaving them to navigate through the system by themselves and for longer than 10 to 20 minutes. We saw no issues from her using it. She definitely fine tuned her motor skills.
