So true Mark. It's a tough issue. We give our son a specific time allotment for his electronics/nintendo, beyond that I encourage him to draw, build with legos, and help around the house and gardens. In school and even summer camp now, they allow the kids to bring tablets and other devices that almost act as surrogate babysitters for them. We see a lot of kids here in the US as young as 8 with cell phones too. Always heads down in a device at restaurants instead of interacting with families. We try so hard to resist that. Even with me, Steemit is the first profile/blog account I have had in 10 years, since the old myspace days and that was for business promotion only.
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That's great that you limit your sons digital playtime.
It's the same in Europe, little kids with iDrones
taking selfies, after writing this post I saw a kid of about 5 sitting on a swing with his head down in the phone not swinging or smiling . :(
That's sucks. I try to stay optimistic about the future, but it's hard to imagine what the world will be like even in 10 more years when my son becomes an adult. Nobody will care about or talk to anyone directly anymore.