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Goodnight iPad: A Parody for the Next Generation by Ann Droyd

We are a people obsessed. Our devotion and dependence on all things technology and electronics takes over most aspects of our daily life. We tweet, we Facebook, we game, we download the coolest app, we share the latest viral video from YouTube with our friends - all via our iDevice.

There is much chatter in the parenting-sphere about how this constant buzz affects our children and their healthy development - NYTimes “Why Parents Lie to Let Kids Join Facebook” - TIME “Bringing Up Baby in the Digital Age” - and - SF Gate “New Child Safety iPhone App.”

So for the kid in your house with a refined sense of humor, this parody on the well known classic can provide a lesson in finding time to power down. A day-in-the-life of modern day Johnny includes HD Tvs, WiFi, viral videos, and handhelds with plenty of apps. It’s a nice thought to unplug our electronic friends at the end of the day and say goodnight.

Although we’ll always treasure the calm pace of the original, this entertaining homage will no doubt provide young ones with an appropriate end-of-day reminder to find quiet for sleep. (Parents might need the reminder too!)

Ann Droyd is the pseudonym for IRA/CBC Children’s Choice winner, David Milgrim, who has written and illustrated over twenty picture books for young readers.

Available at Amazon.com and Independent Booksellers

Your newborn has 300 Facebook friends, but the people who really care about her progress (Grandma and Grandpa, your social network-fearing sis) aren’t on the list.

Make it easier for them to keep track of their favorite baby: Kidmondo launched a new online baby journal and organizer that lets you post photos, keep an online diary and track milestones like a new tooth. If your baby book is still blank, this may be the way to finally write down the details of that first haircut.

Soon she’ll rule this cyber world, too.

Visit kidmondo.com.