My 1.5 year old shuts off completely whenever he can get access to a screen, it is amazing and scary. He likes books also, but is much more engaged with them.
Screen time is probably a top issue for parenting today.
Does you kid gain access to a screen accidentally or is it something you employ as an emergency pacifier on rare occasions?
Did you find what’s sucking him into these apps ? At 1.5 yo it can be super interesting to understand what makes him focus and direct his learning.
For ours it was simply things that move that he can’t touch (no texture, no tactile feedback), and it was new enough to him that he stuck with learning numbers and letters shapes just to keep using the ipad.
When everything is new in the world, I'm sure they're feeling the "zone" moment too of absorbing new information.
I don't think tablets are the issue - curation of content is.
What do you mean? Isn't he just reading them?