Computer usage in childhood has become common-place, even among toddlers. Yet children pay a price for this alluring entertainment. They spend far less time in face-to-face relationships with others than in the past, and businesses now remark that their young employees are very tech savvy but lack social skills. They also lack hands-on skills, a major problem for engineering firms who find that employees who played with real objects and tinkered with them as children are better problem-solvers than those who did not. In addition elementary-age children in the U.S. spend 4-6 hours per day in front of screens and less than half an hour outdoor which has a great impact on their physical and mental health. Computers have their place, but in childhood we recommend first things first: real relationships with people and nature, real hands-on activities, and lots of time for play and artistic activities.