Cameras for the youngest kids don’t have to be very good – you don’t really need 100MP pictures of a toddler's feet, no matter how adorable they are. The best cameras for toddlers are the ones that are going to survive getting smashed with a toy hammer (which is something my youngest actually did). But at some point, quality begins to matter more than the ability to survive a sticky-fingered toddler.
Most cameras made specifically for kids are chinzy, low-resolution affairs – I’ve tried more than a few with my three kids, who now span from teen, tween, to kid in age. But as a pro photographer, there are a small handful of kid-friendly cameras that are so good, I’d even be tempted to steal them for myself.
