Good Parenting

When I was a teenager, my mother was so intimidated by our VCR, she asked me to write down instructions on how to program it. She still calls for frequent tech support, often wanting to know how to make the “whozit” do the “thingie”. Even though VCRs have gone the horse-and-buggy route, this drama plays itself out every day in America, with tech-savvy kids leading fearful parents through the land of technology. The “digital divide”-the gulf between the tech-knowledgeable and the tech-ignorant-is alive and well in many families, due to technophobia, lack of time, and other factors. However, letting your kids play in the street without understanding the rules of the road is always dangerous-whether it’s a suburban cul-de-sac or the Information Superhighway.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 at 11:09 pm and is filed under Good Parenting.