Triple The Dad

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 Ang...