Ok, we’re Dads Talking right? So, we were very enthused when SAY Media and Microsoft approached us about the Asus Slate! Talking about tech is almost as fun as talking about our families. What was really exciting was the opportunity to be a part of a broader conversation about how we, the dads, parents and other users want to use the products that we’ll be buying in an age where it seems like some would rather to tell us how to use a product. Just like we did, we hope you’ll take the time to get involved in the dialogue… I’ve seen way too many people complain about what they didn’t get in a device and now’s your chance to have your voices heard and your input counted! I think this is an especially poignant moment, given some of the discussions that have been going around about the impact we dad bloggers are having with brands and speaking to the other half of the equation… fathers/husbands.
The question posed to DadsTalking.com editor, Tshaka Armstrong was:
What is the best way to connect with your kids using a tablet?
I’d have to say that games AND movies would be the best way to connect with my children using a tablet. Having both a daughter and sons, I connect differently with each of them. My daughter isn’t much of a gamer, but we’ve carved out special “daddy/daughter” time by enjoying horror movies together. I personally don’t care much for scary movies, but she really loves them and we have a great time going to see them together, so watching them on a tablet together would be great fun and a great way to spend time. My sons on the other hand are Xbox360 fanboys and have Live accounts so being able to spend time with them, gaming via tablet, would be awesome!
So, what do you say? What does that connection look like for you? Your answer to the question asked of our editor, what is the best way to connect with your kids using a tablet, is (you can leave your comment on the homepage in the Asus Conversations module pictured above)…
Full disclosure: Though the opinions expressed were solely my own, this post was Sponsored by ASUS Windows Slate.
Since tablets are portable, they are a great way to “take it with you.” No longer is there a “computer room,” or the family computer subjugated to the home office. Computing, both casual and work-related, can be done “untethered.”
Most people will come up with direct responses to the question – app-related responses like “watch Netflix with my kid” or “play Angry Birds with my kid.” But in a world where the economy sometimes sadly requires people to be working around the clock – especially work-at-home parents, a tablet affords those people the flexibility and mobility to leave their office room, but remain connected to their work. I’m not suggesting that a parent gives their kid half-attention while they wait for an e-mail from their office – but a tablet is easier to put down, while sitting at the home-office desk or sitting pinned under a laptop is not.
So – get a tablet and queue up your Gmail – and while you wait for that important e-mail, get on the floor with your kid and rough-house! Flop over to the other side of the couch and read with your kid! Draw with them, write with them, play games with them! You can glance over at your tablet when you need to, but your (almost) full attention is on your kid.
So, my response, I guess you could say, is not in what the tablet can “do” but what it allows. It allows for you to connect with your kid however he or she needs you to – without you having to stop the fun every couple of minutes to jump back on the laptop or desktop.
Thank you. That is a great answer! Very true in this “always on” work world.
I am with Zach on this one. The question is a lot more of what it allows than what it can do. My ASUS laptop can probably do a lot of what the tablet does. However the tablet is more portable and easier to get out in a public setting. My kids and I love to watch music videos, educational videos, and listen to audio books. A lot of times this is done while I work on my online work. A tablet affords that same possibility but with a greater flexibility of where it can be done.
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