twooffour said:

I see kids playing outside in the yard the whole day (in summer), do I have to conclude from this that their parents have no computer in their home, or forbid them to use it? Like, at all?

I never said anything about forbidding them to use them.

Hey, how are computers any different from board games for that matter? If a kid's just lazy and prefers sitting on his ass all day, then hey, no excuse is too bad, isn't it?

I'm lazy and I wouldn't want my son to be lazy like me. That caused me, and still causes me, nothing but trouble.

However, a board game requires two or more people, so why not?

Furthermore,

A couple of fallacies you make in your thesis:

-TV and computers only serve distraction and entertainment, and nothing useful can be gained from them.

Ok, let me correct myself then: computers are useful, of course with a bit of supervision. But TV would not exist at all in my home. I hate TV, I think it's garbage. Oh, sure, there maybe some good shows, but to me it's the medium that's useless, obsolete. They wanna tell me what to watch? Screw them. I watch all my entertainment online, or on Dvd.

So what was my point again... I don't know anymore... :(

I'll just get out of the thread, I'm too confused to think lately.