Yet, Get a Cat Not everyone is so enthusiastic about planting young kids in front of computer screens. The education community, in fact, is divided sharply on the issue of computing for pre-schoolers. Warren Buckleitner, editor of the Children's Software Revue, an independent consumer-watch publication, urges parents not to be overzealous in pushing software on their kids. The rationale that young kids have to learn how to use computers or they'll be left behind is silly. How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds, for Better and Worse , claims that computers can dramatically alter the way children absorb material and learn.
Kids can learn many more valuable lessons playing with the family cat.
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