A colleague recently told me of his 4 year old son’s near scathing experience with YouTube. He and many other parents I know worry about how their children use the Internet and what outside influences they might be exposed to. And while the Internet is perhaps the most dominant demonstration of technology, it is not even the entire technological picture. I saw a post on Facebook the other day about a 9 month old baby who was so glued to cartoons that his dad was wondering if he understood a thing being said. Add texting and video games, and parental despair spirals into hair-raising proportions.
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