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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I let my DS watch TV and use an iPhone to play. Though he doesn't watch a lot, he enjoys the noise and the maneuvering on the device. I had a woman at a Chinese restaurant say to me that kids in her community (she may have just said Asian kids) are really adept at electronics. It made me wonder, are just Americans hung up on screentime/electronics? It seemed to be a point of fact, if not pride, when she said it.

Are there any Asian parents that can weigh in on this? I'm not looking for any stereotypes or to get into any nonsense, just curious, though.

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1) Americans are crazy hung up on screen time and electronics. They don't seem to grasp this is the first native user generation. This is the new reality. Trying to prevent their use is an exercise in futility at best, puts kids at a disadvantage at minimum, and is just really stupid.

2) Stop comparing ourselves to Asian kids. Last time I checked, Asians weren't exactly ruling the world. What a strange thing to worry about. Name one Asian country that's going to dominate in the future? [b]It's not going to be Japan or China. Taiwan, maybe. [/b]Not Mongolia or Bangladesh. Or any of the 'stans. Why worry about this? [/quote]

The bolded part alone disqualify you from commenting anything related to East Asia. [/quote]

You're going to have to do better than that. Japan has faded as an economic power. China may become a regional power, but it's not going to be what people think it is. For one thing, both countries (like the US) have massive demographic pressures coming. They're aging, fast.  [/quote]

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