Dixon Moore
marketing employee
“These days, I would say 13. I think, like a lot of things, when you start them off early, they lack the interpersonal skills to interchange with people.”
Phil Albery
retired
“I’ve got a couple of grandkids, and they got started [on technology] as babies. It made me upset but it is what it is. They don’t go outside to play or interact with other kids, but they’re bright.”
Suzee Miller
feng shui consultant
“Beginning school age, because there’s a change in brain pattern. They become asocial, dependent on devices, and they’re not normal children playing and being creative.”
Sebastian Quintana
senior at SLO High
“Fourth grade, because elementary school is more online now, and they need to do a lot of things online. They need it for research, too.”
This article appears in Jun 22 – Jul 2, 2017.