  Is it horribly wrong that I welcome this story because I know movements like these will give my kids a leg up in future education and job markets? Yes, and I'm sorry. But movements like these are clearly led by parents who themselves are unsure about technology so they protect themselves from the introduction into child-tech toys under a pretense of protecting the children. I see around me today that the kids who learned their tech ropes on early Atari and Nintendo games, even Telnet for the hardcore oldschoolers like John, are the highest achieving professionals. They--we--are the up-and-coming tech savvy kids these technophobes are already afraid of. And our kids are going to be amazing. I first realized this before I had kids, when I watched my then-three-year-old, now seven-year-old little sister load her own draw program, draw a picture, and then print it. When Aidan was two we gave him his first computer and he mastered it's capabilities regarding his programs.
He's always been, and at one, Ellie already is, a SesameStreet.org fan. This year we're going to buy them their first game unit. These are learning tools for the new economy. It's nearly child abuse to keep them off it! urlLink Yahoo! News - Parents Reconsider Technology for Kids : "But there's growing debate over whether children should be exposed to technology so early. Some parents and scholars see no benefit, and a handful even warn of a hindrance to child development.
'Mental ability is gained from manipulating the three-dimensional world at that age and (from) managing your own mind and not having it managed by an electronic machine,' said Jane M. Healy, author of 'Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Mind. ' Healy said computers take children away from other developmental activities more appropriate for their brains and can 'easily become a habit for both parent and child. ' According to a 2003 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 31 percent of children age 3 and under are already using computers. Sixteen percent use them several times a week, 21 percent can point and click with a mouse by themselves and 11 percent can turn on the computer without assistance. " 
