Totally agree. I try to take them to the library often, but (for families who can afford it) the convenience is nice because they can research something on their own without a trip to the library - at which point they probably would have lost interest. My goal is to tighten feedback loops for learning and discovery, without using a computer.

Questions they've answered which probably wouldn't have risen to the level of "let's go to the library today/tomorrow":

* what are the signs of the Chinese zodiac? which one am i?

* what is the different between a trademark and a copyright? why does it say "R" vs "TM"? (I gave an answer off the type of my head, but they clearly weren't happy with it.... haha)

And for families without access to libraries, torrents are free