Unplug yourself and don’t plug in the children. Screens are hijacking childhood. They can’t replace a story read by you, the feeling of satisfaction from climbing a tree, or the fun of a game of make believe in a mud kitchen. What screens do is create distance from those we are next to, expose children to images that their brains are not designed to process and their hearts are not prepared to handle, and suck away the care-free years of childhood. Screens create a barrier to the vitally important task of nurturing social interaction, empathy, and humanity in our children.