Kids Today.
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tech, humor, and nuance by David Chartier—tech distiller, freelance writer, Macworld contributor, wrangler of Finer Things in Tech
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Reason #188 we’re not having kids.
Kids and iPad
Cameron Moll shot video of his two sons using an iPad on day one, which stands in stark contrast with one of his sons using an OLPC (XO) laptop on day one. If you still don’t get it, this might help.
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Following an eighteen-month campaign by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), Scholastic, Inc. will no longer be promoting the controversial and highly sexualized Bratz brand in schools.
“We applaud Scholastic’s decision to pull the plug on the Bratz,” said CCFC’s Director Dr. Susan Linn. “The commercially-driven, sexualized stereotypes typified by the Bratz brand have no place in schools.”
”Via press release. I applaud the move too. A line on this kind of garbage needs to get drawn somewhere.
