For parents and grans with responsibility for infants or youth, the evidence against plonking them in front of childrens' TV or the PC is growing. Particularly now that magnetic imaging of the brain is advanced and available to researchers.

"What Screen Time Can Really Do to Kids' Brains
Too much at the worst possible age can have lifetime consequences.
Posted Apr 17, 2016"

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/behind-online-behavior/201604/what-screen-time-can-really-do-kids-brains

Dear Alan,

People who live (or intend to live) in high-rising apartments and lack the capacity to look after children and raise them wholesomely - should not have children in the first place!

Given that retrospectively there are already children whose irresponsible parents brought them to this world without being able to support and nurture their souls and teach them to distinguish between good and evil, it is better for such children to play downstairs, even facing the said risks, over being exposed to corrupting, dulling and materialistic electronic entertainment. Better still, there are many available outdoor activities such as boy-scouts and a host of extra-curricular classes to keep the dear children shielded from the influence of junk culture. And if it rains - they can read a book!

In the past, when parents were not around, strangers and neighbours would come and play with kids and teach them different skills. Sadly this is no longer possible due to the politically-correct scare of paedophiles, where no adult can be believed any more to have a non-sexual interest in children. Children are the losers and as a result run a bigger risk of being corrupted, not by adults, but by electronic brainwash devices.

While in school, children can learn everything about electronic devices - both hardware and software, that's what science classes are for. Watching a dumb screen doesn't make a child understand one iota better how the thing works.