Call me whatever you like but placing a cell phone or electronic device in front of your child to keep your child quiet or occupied or “entertained” so you can do whatever you’re doing without interruption is probably going to come back to bite you.

The choice you think you’re making will soon be a demand your child will make.  

You’re setting into motion a long term test of wills you are unlikely to win.

Your child’s electronic device — and I confess I don’t know you and so I may be very wrong — is probably far more interesting than you are and the day is already here when you cannot compete. 

The reward of the seduction and the power of the small screen in your child’s hands will far outweigh the power of your warmth, your touch, your smile, your welcome. 

Your human imprint – I’m sure sociologists have a more impressive term for it — is what your child needs far more than he or she needs to be kept quiet and controllable by a device whose creators have absolutely no warmth or care for your child.

Face-to-face time (even in restaurants) and walking hand in hand are the memories you probably really want for you and your child, none of which is available from an app — not yet, anyway.