As Daddytypes notes , a writer at the NYTimes Magazine is apparently freaking over the impact television is having on his child. Ok, so its not television the author fears but a Kindle loaded with Angry Birds (as well as a seperate television) but still, is this 1985 all over again ? Hey look , his kids are obsessed with technology. To which I say: Good. They better be. Because their jobs, livelihoods, leisure time and life will likely be technology focused. I will say there is probably a big difference between his daughter playing Angry Birds and his son watching cartoons. This is often part of the problem with “riffs” like this: they conflate technology into one big puddle when in reality each raindrop in that puddle is different and unique. Angry Birds , for the two people out there who don’t know, is a nifty game involving thinking and physics and problem solving. Television is more passive. I’d take my kids playing Angry Birds over watching TV any day, bu
We tried for one, and we ended up with a bushel of fun.