'My dad asks my uncle why he gave a tablet to a baby': Hypocritical aunt and uncle chastise family member for buying their college kid an iPad

Kids these days are getting iPads earlier and earlier. It's the easy way to entertain your little kiddo. You can plop them on the floor, set them up with a Cocomelon YouTube video, and fold the laundry while they watch. Other kids love their iPad games—kids love to show you their Roblox games or play Candy Crush for hours on end. 

It's unnerving to see a one or two-year-old playing on an iPad like a grown adult. They can't even walk yet, but they know how to swipe through TikToks or click on their favorite YouTube videos. Parents used to warn kids not to sit too close to the TV in case it damaged their eyes… now many of them just hand their kids the screens so they can have a few minutes of peace. 

Although tablets are fine for kids in small doses, they're much more useful for adults. This person would know: their brother wanted an iPad to take to college with him. He figured that it would be so much easier to carry around a thin little iPad rather than massive textbooks. It would make note-taking easier too. But not everyone in the family agreed with his logic, as you can read in u/EstimateOk2441's story below. 

After that, these waiters braved the Mother's Day crowds and lived to tell the tale, like one person who revealed, "One person walked out mid-shift."