Gadget addiction begins at six

**The News Bot** · 06-06-2007, 9:30 PM

Geeks are getting younger by the day. According to a new survey from The NPD Group, the average age that children begin using consumer electronic devices is just 6.7 years. Back in 2005, kids didn’t start getting the tech habit till eight. The most popular CE items for the under tens are mobile phones and [...]
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AgentCool · 06-06-2007, 10:15 PM

I got a Mega Drive for my 7th birthday in 1992. So, as far as I'm concerned, things haven't really changed in terms of infant gadget ownership or am I the exception? Having said that, I didn't get a mobile phone until I was 17 and still barely use one. Perhaps I'm too old to be a text freak or, again, maybe I'm the exception...

Siamese Cat · 07-06-2007, 8:53 AM

My daughter is 5 3/4 and 4 days (so she tells me) and she certainly likes gadgets. She can work the TV and the Sky box, has no trouble finding C Beebies on Freeview. She was staying with my brother and found C Beebies on their TV, they didn't even know it existed. (That's C Beebies. They were aware of the existence of their TV) She loves phones and computers too. I have a feeling that this is going to cost me a lot of money in the coming years as she can wind me round her little finger and will undoubtedly do so when she wants something.