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iPadding toddlers: When is it too soon?

Published: November 21, 2011 6:43 PM
By Beth Whitehouse  beth.whitehouse@newsday.com

Photo credit: Heather Walsh | Bryson Somers, age 2, sits on his mom Kimberly Somers's lap while playing on the iPad at home in Middle Island. (Nov. 16, 2011)

When Christina Braband and her 4-year-old son, Luke, load the car to head from Yaphank to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving tomorrow, you can bet they won't forget one crucial item: the iPad.

Luke knows how to access apps he loves -- Disney's "Where's My Water?" and a "Cars 2" app that he uses with an "App Mate," a plastic car he manipulates atop the screen to make it look like it's driving through...