Differing Opinions.

Today I had the difficult experience of hearing a friend of mine tell me that her 13 month old daughter knows how to turn on the TV and VCR. The sad part is that she said that her daughter wants to play video games, so she turns off the VCR and turns on the game system. Then the daughter sits and pushes the little buttons and watches the screen move around. She said that she is so happy when she is playing the game even though she doesn't know what she is doing. She was excited that she was teaching her child young to play because she and her husband love to play video games! It broke my heart.

I guess that differing opinion just comes from my experience with television in my own home. It makes me sad that someone so young experiences so much through the television screen.