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Did they get it..

As a gift for chanuka or birthday etc

67%

[ 46 ]

As a reward for something that they earned

19%

[ 13 ]

Just because (they asked for it

[ 2 ]

Just because (without them asking for it)

10%

[ 7 ]

Total Votes : 68

amother

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 3:47 pm

Trying to settle something

amother

Crocus

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 3:51 pm

Afikomen and birthday present

And yes, it's way more than we typically spend on such gifts and I was a bit flabbergasted that "everyone" was buying such a pricey item for them for their children. Bh we can afford it but I still can't wrap my mind around parents just buying expensive gadgets for young kids.

amother

Emerald ↓

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 4:02 pm

They used money from grandparents afikomen gift for the device

I paid for the subscription

amother

Stoneblue

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 4:06 pm

If you mean other kinds of MP3 as well, he bought it with his own money. Dd earned one with “points” for good behavior.

oohlala

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 4:17 pm

From the grandparents

wanttobehappy

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 4:22 pm

My son won 1/2 a year by collecting for an organization for Purim we paid other 1/2 as his birthday gift. Was well worth it. He is so busy with it

seeker

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:08 pm

I think the key is whether they have another way to play good Jewish content. I don't think you can even get current up to date music on CDs anymore, so if you don't want your kid to have an Internet-enabled general device then you'll need to give them access to this or an equivalent. Not sure how Naki radio compares in terms of function but I believe the price is not extremely different. You could probably get an mp3 player that you load songs onto manually but that's not free either and then you need to buy the music, and you'd need to make yourself available to maintain the collection if you don't want them accessing the Internet themselves.

Raising frum kids is expensive.

amother

Linen

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:15 pm

My 15 year old daughter pays for the subscription herself.

amother

Daylily

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:24 pm

My son got it collecting for an organization for purim. I pay the subscription though.

amother

Winterberry

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:25 pm

I'm hoping to get one for my kids to share...

Wish I could afford to buy for each of them for their birthday but it's way out of my budget...

joker

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:28 pm

Chanuka presents from grandparents and my kids all share one. We also have naki radios that were presents from other grandparents. Personally I could afford to just buy them each their own but don't believe in that chinuch. We made a big deal out of these and how lucky we are that grandparents bought these.

cnc

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:30 pm

They each paid for their own and I pay for the subscription.

amother

Oxfordblue

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:31 pm

Bas mitzvah present from all her aunts

amother

Trillium

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:31 pm

We got it for her for seminary, with their seminary plan.

amother

Yellow

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:37 pm

My 8, 11, 14 and 16 year old children got it for afikomen last year.
My 5 yr old uses the 8yr olds..

amother

Navy

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:40 pm

But how do you make sure that they don't watch the vayamen shmiras einayim videos?
I got one a while back but couldn't figure out parental controls to filter what I want allowed on it.
And there is Noone to talk to on the website

amother

Forsythia ↓

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 8:49 pm

Birthday + Chanukah+ a reward for working on something for a few weeks (figured if you add up $50 for each of those things it comes out to about what that would cost...)

Had I gotten it for just one of those, the other kids would have wanted a present worth that much as well which is not an expectation I wanted to start.... It was still an expensive present for us as lots of times I buy them things in the 20-40 range and not 50, but he wanted it so much and I knew it would keep him busy for hours....

The subscription I pay for.... I use it as well from the app on my phone and canceled my Spotify subscription so I'm not spending more bec of it.

amother

Maize

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 9:12 pm

I bought a device + subscription for my 8th grader as a consolation prize that I didn't get her a smartphone like most of her classmates.

amother

Hyacinth ↓

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 9:16 pm

amother Crocus wrote:

Because its instead of buying music on CD's etc. When I was a kid we (my family) bought CD's that came out, this is the equivalent. What else should my kids be doing? I'm happy they're listening to Jewish music. As another poster said, raising frum kids is expensive.

amother

Begonia ↓

Sat, Nov 30 2024, 9:39 pm

My 16 and 18 year old boys paid for it themselves (they earn quite a lot working bein hazmanim, summer, yeshiva programs). The are splitting a 2 device subscription fee.
I believe they value more the things they pay for on their own.

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