I have always loved the poem by Kahlil Gibran:

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

This has never been truer than it is today. When your kids are spending hours playing Xbox 360, it is not the same as when we played Atari or Nintendo. The skills and connections they are developing are unlike anything we could have ever imagined. What about their ability to post their reviews and opinions on forums, blogs, and in social media communities? Or their ability to learn about anything they want to learn about with the world wide web at their fingertips.

Are we truly preparing our children with the critical thinking and creative skills they will need for this new world?