I don't think the attitude is new. It's been around for a lot longer than we've had computers, even those computers that took up entire rooms.

You know what I hate with every generation, the idea that somehow the next are doing it wrong. The next generation is lazier, suckier, more self entitled more wasteful etc etc. If we stopped comparing ourselves, or those around us and instead of judging but helping we might actually get somewhere as a society overall. I call this the "Kids these days" mentality. And not only is it counter productive it's lazy and elitist.

As for computer safety and government censorship it's not something most kids are blind from. In fact it's quite the opposite. I know more adults that are easily led to believe everything they read or hear than I do most 10 year olds. And especially not my nearly 12 year old.

As for the article I still believe strongly in the saying "If you can't explain it simply, then you don't understand it well enough."