I think that you need to find a balance. A child in this day and age needs to know how to operate a computer or other electronics that might be beneficial in the future. TV, eh, I think you can take it or leave it, as TV doesn't require any real skill or knowledge. Before my daughter was born, I said I wasn't going to do any screen time until two years old. Ha. My daughter watches more TV at times than I'd prefer, but I am also a work at home mom of two now and as much as I'd love to be the perfect wonder woman, I am not. My daughter has learned a great deal from pretty much all electronic mediums that she uses. She can navigate her laptop (she plays starfall.com only), she has an ipod touch with educational games and she watches ONLY educational television. My daughter also LOVES books. She will look at endless books. She is three and she is a beginner reader. She plays board games, she does tons of imaginative play, and she loves the outdoors. While, as I said, I wish we had less TV on, I don't feel she's been harmed in any way. Life is about balance.
