Quote Originally Posted by MayinJerset View Post
" As far as math goes I think that is a lost skill for a lot of younger people.....the computer went down at McDonalds one time and they had to close...because no one knew how to count back the change.....;0(
bopeep "

Was at my cousin's yesterday and her 3 and 5 yr. old grandsons had their tablets in their hands the whole time, only time they put them down was when the had to use a fork to eat but that tablet was right next to their plate. These kids can manipulate games etc. so easily but are they learning anything? To read, to do math? How are they going to write as I don't think they can text their way through the first few grades but then again maybe they will.
Sad state indeed.

As for someone's grandkid telling her to swipe her debit card, I remember a friend telling her son he couldn't have something because they didn't have the money for it, his reply was, so write a check, you have a whole bunch of them.
I know! It is sad...they don't have to "do" anything,... just press buttons! Now I do figure that maybe their hand/eye coordination might be strengthened, but still...it is enough to be an asset in regular life? and they don't have to do any interaction with others. I made a hopscotch quilt, and an I Spy quilt for my grand kids - 4,5 and 8 and they just loved it! Ask me to bring it every time I visit and whine if I forget! And don't want to stop playing when I leave! And CAndyland board game...if I don't have the quilts...they automatically get out the board games!