The next two hours are going to be long—for both of you. The child sits at the edge of the table while the adults laugh and talk about things that make no sense to a 6 to 8-year-old.
Chin resting in hand, blank stare, and you can feel the boredom soon turning into impatience. Brain researcher Emma Louth Als explains in Kristeligt Dagblad that children and adults fundamentally concentrate differently. This helps explain why a long adult conversation at the dinner table feels endless to a child who hasn't chosen to be part of it.
It’s not because the child isn't allowed to join in. It’s because a formal dinner party simply isn’t built for a child's attention span, and it’s rarely something one has prepared for.
Most situations where a child gets bored are about waiting time. A dinner party is slightly different; here, it’s about giving the child something meaningful to be occupied with while the adults get to finish their conversation without anyone feeling overlooked.
With Flipr, the child can get a brand new, personalized story in under 2 minutes, where they are the hero alongside family members and pets they know from previous stories. The story can be read or listened to quietly at the table without disturbing the rest of the party.
It’s not a child sitting bored in the background of a photo from the evening. It’s the child deeply engrossed in their own story, while the adults can enjoy finishing their conversation, and everyone leaves the table having had a good experience, not a tense evening.
Or the next evening with a child staring into space at the table's edge. It doesn't have to be like that. Try Flipr for free and give the child something to be occupied with while the adults finish talking.
It depends on the situation and the family's own values, but many parents prefer a quiet, enriching activity over a child becoming increasingly impatient.
Yes. A new story is ready in under 2 minutes, and several can be started one after another, depending on how long the party lasts.
No, the story can be read silently or listened to with headphones, so it doesn't interfere with the conversation at the table.
Yes. Each child can have their own character and their own story while still being part of the same family universe.