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Salon genius. affordable for all. we all know as adults we can't live without our smartphones and tab lets. increasingly kids are also getting hooked on these high-tech toys. last night while waiting to absolute our newest political website, my daughter kept herself occupied with my iphone and she is not alone. babies, toddlers and little one of all ages are using mobile devices for everything from learning abcs to holding a virtual tea party. is spending so much time on these devices good or bad for kids? joining us now, hannah rosea. in her article, the touch screen generation, she looks t...

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Gunmen. big black suvs driven by cartel hit men packed with drugs. we were shown darker, more disturbing images that one of her students drew. this child is writing about a cousin who was killed. she says that they cut off his head, his hands and his fingers. >> fingers. >> reporter: you're probably used to children drawing pictures of sunshine and swing sets and grass and flowers and now you're getting pictures of buckets with poed parts in it. what do you do as a teacher? >> i allow them to write. i allow them to violent. >> reporter: in all the years of teaching that you have under your bel...

>> today you're engineers like three little pigs. >> her kindergarten students may not be able to read three little bigs but they are use -- three little pigs but they're learning abcs of engineers. >> the engineers are problem-solves and innovative thinkers and they have to use creativity. the idea is get them used to that thinking. >> glen rock new jersey school system developed a new science curriculum that incorporates engineering lessons. starting in kindergarten and continuing through 12th grade. >> we're looking at innovation and globalization in the global marketplace and the skills th...