I feel that technology is a vital part of a child’s learning experience in this day and time, but that a balance has to be struck between video and hands on learning and physical activity. I am dismayed that so few parents spend enough time doing physical activities with their children and that kids are spending entirely too much time in cyber activities via the internet. The rise in obesity in children in America is one example of the growing lack of physical activity. I would much rather see families playing outdoor sports together, camping, hiking, biking, etc. I remember when tv took over in my childhood and blame a large part of my problems with obesity on that. We spent hours in front of our old black and white tv - what an addiction! And we did not have game systems and computers then. My DH and I still use rabbit ears for tv reception and eventhough we own an xbox game system we rarely play for very long. As I get older, I value my free time and want to enjoy my many hobbies and time with my DH. I am also concerned about the meteoric rise of text messaging and young people. I am seriously worried about kids losing their speaking, spelling and writing skills. I remember Pastor Billy Graham being asked one time in an interview that if he could change one thing about his life what would that be and he replied, “I would have spent less time watching television!”