They must also be able to understand the ideas of others and see how their own concepts might blend with those of their work-mates to solve problems and create new things. Finally, the digital curriculum must produce citizens who are extremely discerning. With access to an avalanche of information and countless numbers of human beings, the digital child must learn to distinguish the useful from the hype, the genuine from the imitation, the sincere from the con, the quality from the flash, the truth from the propaganda. And to do so quickly and repeatedly. What the digital family requires of its school system is flexibility, especially the opportunity to chose from a wide range of educational choices.
Digital parents expect to custom-design their children's education.
Choice has been tremendously expanded. The time, place, frequency, and content of instruction is individualized but not isolated. Digital children, as a result, are much more likely than their 20th-century analog counterparts to get what they need or want whenever and wherever they need or want it. Digital parents react strongly if they perceive that schools are getting in the way of their children's education. As a result, schools no longer set policies that put the benefit of their employees above the benefit of their students.