but the wealth of computer games out there that develop mental things
Like brain training and professor layton and stuff, surely they help in different ways.

The only thing that detrimentally affects kids, I think, is sitting them in front of the TV or computer and not interacting with them. My parents used to force me to use the skills I'd learnt at school whenever we did anything, I remember they used to get me and my sister to add up the bill if we went for lunch, or to name the different bird species at the park, etc. So it's probably not the technology that is hindering the children, it's their environment.

In short, I blame the parents.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 10:49, Reply)