Not long ago, I was playing games at a table with my four-year-old granddaughter and my grandson who was approaching his second birthday. My smartphone was out of my reach when it audibly announced a couple of text messages. My grandson grabbed the device and handed it across to me while saying, “Your phone! Your phone!” When I let him look at photos on the phone, he immediately started swiping. I know he was imitating the behavior of the grownups around him, but today’s children are exposed to technology from birth.
The world has changed ...