Your unsupervised computer use when you were young is probably nothing like the “computer use” kids have today. Kids today consume too much and produce far too

Your unsupervised computer use when you were young is probably nothing like the “computer use” kids have today. Kids today consume too much and produce far too little. I too was unsupervised. As a child I used to troll forums, which is like the white collar equivalent of being a troubled youth who joins a gang. But it taught me better reading comprehension, and how to type faster, how to write in different tones of voice, how to imagine other people’s point of view, how to figure out what they care about and what makes them mad, and how to sound credible when I’m clueless. When I grew out of trolling, these skills continued to serve value to me throughout my life. Skills like this only develop when a child’s usage of the internet is at least equal parts consumption and production.