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Well there's screen time and screen time. Building something cool in minecraft is pretty different from watching spongebob on netflix.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/06/30

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Exactly - I don't understand why even computer literate people have trouble understanding that computers aren't "an" activity, they're a gateway to millions of them, limited by your imagination.

My parents also limited the time I could spend on a computer... and I ended up writing programs on paper while I waited for the next day :P

It can be more complicated than that, though. People need down time, we need an opportunity to reflect on what we've learned instead of jumping to the next thing.

"Building something cool in minecraft is pretty different from watching spongebob on netflix."

Is it? Why is watching and thinking about something less valuable than "building" something?

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