Are People Too Lazy For Their Kids?

Maybe I shouldn't be talking because I don't have kids yet, but with Christmas around the corner, I have seen a lot of commercials for toys for kids and I have been a little appalled at some of them. For example, there is a book with a special pen that let's kids click on a word and it says it for them, or books that have a recording so it can be read to them. Have people become so uninvolved that they can't read to their kids, they have to get a pen to do it?

My sister who has a nine month old says I should wait until I have kids and see how it is, that its hard enough to keep kids happy all the time, let alone be teaching them and interacting with them all the time. She probably has a point, but look at what is happening with teenagers playing XBOX all day and texting, I can't help but think they are missing out on learning important social skills.

I was talking to a recently returned mission president the other day and he said that social skills is one of the biggest challenges that incoming missionaries face. With all the texting, facebooking, and video games they don't know how to approach strangers and talk to them or interact with people in person.