My daughter was a creative genius, then we bought her an iPhone

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Two things: the phone is an interface to another world where the child can build things, but those things are much more oriented towards getting social praise etc. rather than intrinsic rewards. And, the phone is a powerful distraction device for those who have a painful life they want to be distracted from.