Don’t Teach your kids this stuff..Please??

dear parent

teacher

administrator

board member

don’t teach your kids to read

for the Web

to scan

RSS

aggregate

synthesize

don’t teach your kids to write

online
pen and paper aren’t going anywhere

since when do kids need an audience?
no need to hyperlink

make videos

audio

Flash

no connecting, now
no social networking

or online chat

or comments

or PLNs

blogs and twitter?

how self-absorbed

what a bunch of crap
and definitely, absolutely, resolutely, no cell phones
block it all

lock it down

keep it out
it’s evil, you know

there’s bad stuff out there

gotta keep your children safe

don’t you know collaboration is just another word for cheating?

don’t you know how much junk is out there?

haven’t you ever heard of sexting?

of cyberbullying?
a computer 24-7? no thanks

I don’t want them

creating

sharing

thinking

learning

you know they’re just going to look at porn

and hook up with predators

we can’t trust them

don’t do any of it, please

really

’cause I’m doing all of it with my kids
can’t wait to see who has a leg up in a decade or two

can you?