If by being kids are you focusing on purely unproductive play, or worse passively watching TV, then No. Of course, I think there should be some of that. In fa

If by being kids are you focusing on purely unproductive play, or worse passively watching TV, then No. Of course, I think there should be some of that. In fact, I think even adults should have some of that. I still play Go. I even still play Magic The Gathering and Video Games. And I watch more TV than I care to admit and let my kids watch more TV than they shoudl. But the TV is a guilty pleasure I know I should cut back on for them and me, and even playtime comes after the home work is done and comes along with me trying to teach them things they won't learn in school. I try to make the lessons fun as well as educational, but I'll let the fun slide long before I let the educational part slide. Paul Graham incidentally at least touches on this (and the fact that "childhood" now lasts much longer than it used too) in Why Nerds are Unpopular at http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html