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I'm not where you're getting that from, Alpha o. The article is reasonably clear about the parents' concerns, and they had nothing to do with creationist figments, which thankfully have minimal toehold in the UK from what I understand. I also read nothing about people being "enraged".

Parents were concerned that heavy exposure to whizz-bang multimedia "books" (more properly, apps) may contribute to reducing children's interest in books. It's entirely responsible, as a parent, to limit children's consumption of video/gaming/TV/multimedia, and encourage alternative activities in a good proportion of their leisure time - arts, sports, play, reading, etc.

Similarly, vetting multimedia content for the age-appropriateness of violence, sexuality etc is again a reasonable and responsible thing for a parent to do, and it's difficult to vet the content of an interactive book without playing through all of the content yourself, clicking on every single link, etc. Reading in text about violence or sex or abuse or whatever is very different from being exposed to it visually/auditorily, so as a parent I understand these concerns completely. I've not censored my child's book reading, but have carefully and gradually managed what he's exposed to in video form over time to keep it developmentally appropriate for him, monitoring his individual capacity to process the content. I get pretty disturbed by the fact that many kids in his class, even in primary school, were allowed to watch Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead, but hey, their families, their rules, so I keep it to myself.

I don't think there's anything especially surprising or irrational in the results of the survey. The parents don't appear to be getting up a campaign to say "These apps should be BANNINATED!", they were asked about their personal concerns within their own family, and they responded. Parents are parenting. Thumbs up to them.