“From watching children play with objects designed as “amusements,” we come to a new place, a place of cold comforts. Child and… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“I said that we use digital “passbacks” to placate young children who say they are bored. We are not teaching them that… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“In the classic children’s story The Velveteen Rabbit, a stuffed animal becomes “real” because of a child’s love. Tamagotchis do not wait… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
I am a single mum. I raised my daughter, and she was very listened to. — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
If people start to buy the idea that machines are great companions for the elderly or for children, as they increasingly seem… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
I am a partisan for conversation. To make room for it, I see some first, deliberate steps. At home, we can create… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
It is painful to watch children trying to show off for parents who are engrossed in their cell phones. Children are nostalgic… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“As infants, we see the world in parts. There is the good—the things that feed and nourish us. There is the bad—the… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“This give-and-take prepares children for the expectation of relationship with machines that is at the heart of the robotic moment.” — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
In life, you are struck by the importance of presence, of the small moments of meaning, the miracle of your child's breath,… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
The kind of solitude that refreshes and restores is very important, not just for children, not just for adolescents, but for all… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
If we're not able to be alone, we're going to be more lonely. And if we don't teach our children to be… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
There are moments of opportunity for families; moments they need to put technology away. These include: no phones or texting during meals.… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“I believe that in our culture of simulation, the notion of authenticity is for us what sex was for the Victorians—threat and… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Kids have moved from, "I have a feeling, I want to make a call," to "I'd like to have a feeling, I… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“some children become more anxious as the operation continues. One suggests that if the Furby dies, it might haunt them. It is… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“From watching children play with objects designed as “amusements,” we come to a new place, a place of cold comforts. Child and adult, we… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“I said that we use digital “passbacks” to placate young children who say they are bored. We are not teaching them that boredom can… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“enduring technological optimism, a belief that as other things go wrong, science will go right.” — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“In the classic children’s story The Velveteen Rabbit, a stuffed animal becomes “real” because of a child’s love. Tamagotchis do not wait passively but… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. Texting, email, posting, all of these things… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“But at the same time, there is pressure to use technology in classroom in ways that make conversation nearly impossible. Interestingly, this technology is… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
I have to fight the impulse to use my phone as an alarm clock rather than leaving it in another room. If I don't,… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
It all stems from the same thing - which is that when we are face to face - and this is what I think… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“The new technologies allow us to “dial down” human contact, to titrate its nature and extent.” — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true. — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
If you're happy with where the Internet, Facebook, and Twitter have taken you, I'm not the Grinch. Someone called me Sherry Turkle's "evil Luddite… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
