2BE,

You are very correct in your post and it is dangerous for us to do nothing.  First point is that adults need to be far less naive.  This is not an unfixable problem.  We must be prepared to demand better software for parental control, and yes limit and not be afraid to curtail some usage by children.  The whole idea of TV  or iPad nannies is not so good for many children.  It causes a lot of isolation which leads to schizoid personality traits and often feelings of omnipotence when children get the false idea that they know more than their teachers etc.  There is one child I know about that would go on an internet program that he and his parent declared educational.  It presented very superficially 10 or so topics in 8 minutes that most college freshman knew little about.  You can not teach calculus to a 5th grader and these types of misinformation. give a child a false sense of omnipotence that only gets them in trouble with teachers who may call them ADHD children...