Since the thread has taken a turn to how we run our households....
Electronics (phone for me, tablets for kids generally) and books (my daughter prefers books over everything) are not allowed at the table. We each take turns saying something about our day - both as a means of forcing communication skills, but also as a means of me knowing what is going on since I don't get much time with them. My son (7) and daughter (almost 10) each have a tablet, but are limited to an hour of electronics time per day. They can choose to spend that on the PC, their tablet, watching tv, whatever. There's no bargaining for more time. However, today's schoolwork, here at least, includes assignments on the computer - homework assignments don't count against their electronics time.
In our schools, K-4 (Elementary) has class iPads that the kids can have for use as one of the stations within class. First grade and above are being issued email addresses for communication with teachers and parents. Third grade classes have a twitter acct, and the kids each have twitter accts so they can learn how it works within the safety of the teacher's environment (even parents can't follow unless cleared by the teacher). Elementary school - they are being taught the basics of social media. Upon reaching middle school, and thru high school, all students are issued chrome books (cheap, leased by school board I assume, replaced after 3-4 yrs of wear and tear) with assignments communicated, worked, and submitted electronically.
My daughter booted up Powerpoint and made a presentation then emailed it to our extended family. Nobody showed her how to use powerpoint, I didn't realize she knew such a thing existed, but yeah, self taught. Either of my kids will zip thru my wife's iPhone to help her get things set or to accomplish something since they are light years ahead of her already in terms of tech skills.
Bottom line - this isn't our generation (and even amongst the members on here, we have various generations). We need to recognize that, allow our kids to develop in a way that keeps them integrated with their generation, but instilled with the values (being able to talk face to face, to drop some 'online flame war' and walk back to the real world, etc) we hold as important in their development.