Same situation, 5 yo daughter. I'm very split on this. So, after the keyboard bashing I gave her a disused keyboard to play at while I work. Soon she wanted to

Same situation, 5 yo daughter. I'm very split on this. So, after the keyboard bashing I gave her a disused keyboard to play at while I work. Soon she wanted to join me and type so we actually turned it to a positive. She can type her name and lots of other words aged 5. Those must be good motor skills, and I am not too worried because there's' lots of bike riding, jui-jitsu and climbing in our lives too. Then I created a special "OS" (in bash/python) just for her - obviously no network but she can start her favourite music my typing "music" and stuff like that. I think it's the small screens, swiping and infantile apps that bother me. I have no smartphone or tablet, so she doesn't see behaviour to copy. Some of her friends have phones (I am furious at those parents) but we laugh at how they "get stuck on them" and that "phones are for babies". She tells her friend she's a "real hacker" - which I am sure will lead to some fun situations at school at some point. My theory is that it's about how much of an interest you take. I forgot to mention Sherry Turkle too. She has some good ideas on technology, attachment and kids.