EDITORIAL: The Introversion Machines.(Editorial)

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: April 2, 2006 | Copyright information

Apr. 2--Those children of yours--still under foot, yet where pray tell have they gone? Yes, good enough students, nice enough kids. You fussed early on that they spent too much time with the TV. But you didn't fuss much: They developed into avid readers, good conversationalists--generally engaged, engaging preteens. Then an intoxicating proliferation of electronic toys took them hostage. They're still friendly and kind (provided you, parent, are out of earshot). But they're enslaved to Introversion Machines--yoked to iPod ear buds, handcuffed to e'er-chirping cell phones, ...

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