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Nope, don't do that. Well, maybe do it, it won't hurt.

But what you should be doing if you have some little fella hanging around is Print. Your. Photos. And put them in a nice album, and let them grab it,touch it, look at the photos, together or alone. Having a physical copy of your smartphone 's photos is just... different



Agreed, with one caveat:

> And put them in a nice album, and let them grab it,touch it, look at the photos, together or alone.

And then print another batch and put them in a nice album and lock it in storage. Kids aged 1-4 will start literally eating the photos if you leave them alone with the album for more than a minute.

Source: we've made several such albums (and gifted several more to our parents) since our first daughter was born in 2019. All the albums need replacing now, and at least half of the photos need to be reprinted too.


Call me crazy but I laminate them (using this https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0C5CV65DQ ) and it works wonders.


True! But starting age 5 with a nice (and costly) album print you can go a long way. They eventually start caring for things as well, at some point... maybe :)


Agreed. Just watch out for younger siblings :).


Yeah, kids love going through the albums themselves (the paper copies).

I think the only use case that is better on the phone is video (they can't stop watching themselves as younger kids doing funny things).

But pics on screens... boring and not something I want to encourage




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