I'm not going to knock the idea down because that's how I grew up but, depending on your setup, buying a Blu-ray player means you have to hook it up (do you have enough inputs? Enough room? Do you need an extension cord?), choose the right source every time ("no, you're in HDMI1, you need S-Video"), have a second remote ("Have you seen the remote? No, the other one"), figure out why the box is empty (perhaps the disc is under the couch? And why does it have marmelade on it?), etc.
Maybe there's a plus to solutions like those where you learn how things work because you need to get them all to collaborate. But that's a different discussion.
Do you have children aged 0-4? My daughter had a CD player before we got the kids a Yoto each, and she and her little brother scratched the heck out of the CDs, not intentionally, but you just can't expect a child that age to handle them carefully enough not to scratch them.
I know Blu-Rays can take a bit more than a CD, but even they won't stand up to a 2yo.
Congrats on having the only kids on the planet that are gentle with everything and have never broken a single toy or object they have come into contact! What is your secret??
I'm not going to knock the idea down because that's how I grew up but, depending on your setup, buying a Blu-ray player means you have to hook it up (do you have enough inputs? Enough room? Do you need an extension cord?), choose the right source every time ("no, you're in HDMI1, you need S-Video"), have a second remote ("Have you seen the remote? No, the other one"), figure out why the box is empty (perhaps the disc is under the couch? And why does it have marmelade on it?), etc.
Maybe there's a plus to solutions like those where you learn how things work because you need to get them all to collaborate. But that's a different discussion.
Do you have children aged 0-4? My daughter had a CD player before we got the kids a Yoto each, and she and her little brother scratched the heck out of the CDs, not intentionally, but you just can't expect a child that age to handle them carefully enough not to scratch them.
I know Blu-Rays can take a bit more than a CD, but even they won't stand up to a 2yo.
If you teach your children to treat everything gently from birth, they won’t even know how to abuse things. They’ve never learned it.
Congrats on having the only kids on the planet that are gentle with everything and have never broken a single toy or object they have come into contact! What is your secret??