Ah, nope. I'm pretty sure that is "a) evil and b) ill-advised." Sure, give them the iPhone today, end up with a child with a tiny attention span tomorrow. That's not to mention what expensive gadgets the kids will be asking for in the future. Who wants spoiled kids?

teach kids to stare at screens and watch advertisements! Go ipad!

This is not a very good piece of advice, I was just reading an article the other day about how a 5 year old ran up a bill of like $1000 worth of microtransactions on her mother's iPhone playing the Smurfs apps. Not to mention, oh yeah, maybe you should try interacting with your kids once in a while instead of just handing them an electronic pacifier.