The term iPad kid is used in the United States and some other countries in the anglosphere to describe young children, normally in the time-span of Generation Alpha who have had many of their early childhood spent watching and interacting with tablets and are presumably addicted to their devices.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} This term is specifically used for people on their iPad, no phones or laptops. A 2017 study concluded that at least 80 percent of young children had access to a portable device.^[6]

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