Why is it important becomes obvious in a job search. Computer skills have become a condition for employment. Whether Moms like it or not, whether they want such a future for their kids or not, computers have entered all stages of today's business, and tomorrow every job will depend on them. Maybe a ball, a swing in a park, and a game in the sand, seem more appropriate and healthier for the development of kids, but they are disappearing in the attics of the past. The wheel of evolution and technological progress can't be turned backwards.
Computers are here to stay.
Even now as you read these lines, in the countries which are more developed than ours in regard to living standard or technological culture, very small children do not only play computer games, but use e-mail, create their own home pages, mailing lists, chat rooms, communicate and make friends all over the world raising their awareness of other countries and versatility of cultures. Kids like those are ahead from the very start from those who have never seen the keyboard spending time in the sand pools. The reality of technological progress does not care about our acceptance or liking, it, relentlessly, requires adjustment. Unless you adjust on time, the wheel will leave you behind. We can use the advantages and try to lessen the disadvantages.