Riff: My Kids Are Obsessed With Technology, and It’s All My Fault

I happened to be sitting next to the teacher, and I asked her about the rumor I’d heard: that next year, every elementary-school kid in town would be provided his or her own iPad. She said this pilot program was being introduced only at the newly constructed school three blocks from our house, which Josie will attend next year. “You’re lucky,” she observed wistfully. This seemed to be the consensus around the school-bus stop. The iPads are coming! Not only were our kids going to love

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