My dad grew up without a TV. He hardly had any books. He and his brothers ran around town finding adventures. This is exactly the kind of childhood the author a

My dad grew up without a TV. He hardly had any books. He and his brothers ran around town finding adventures. This is exactly the kind of childhood the author advocates for. And yet, today, in his retirement, my dad sits in front of the TV or computer 24/7. He doesn't produce anything, he just consumes. It's just one anecdote. But I think articles like these always receive many upvotes and clicks, only because they match many people's gut feeling. It seems right that letting kids get bored would spark creativity. But feeling right is not the same thing as being right. Give me some argument for why I should believe these claims. Read the article again -- there's not an ounce of proof behind any of the many claims. For every Lin Manuel Miranda there are a thousand my dads, who didn't turn their boredom into some kind of admirable creative passion. So which one is the outlier?