Doesn't it seem that kids these days are being introduced to computers too early?

I have 3 kids and they and their friends seem to have a helluva time doing any school work or homework if it's not connected to a computer. They don't seem to have the same level or reading comprehension that me and my brothers (and our classmates) had and they definitely do not have a good grasp mathematical processes or scientific methods.

I have had to sit down with my boy and make him rewrite reports as he had copied them verbatim from websites he was using for "research". Plagerism seems to be a foreign concept anymore. Their are websites kids can go to to get science fair projects that are set up "cookbook" fashion - start to finish - that require little or no investigation or reasoning on the part of the user. Just seems to defeat the purpose of it all to me...

Kids today are starting into computer labs in kindergarten! We are raising a generation of people who are too reliant on technology to complete their dya-to-day tasks... How many times have you heard "We can't do anything, the computers are down right now"? I guess a piece of paper and a pencil are out of the question.

My thoughts - computers should not be widely used in schools until Jr. High School, after the kids have developed a solid foundation of using books and reference materials that help them understand who, what, when, where and why instead of the trap they are in now which is read, reiterate and regurgitate with no understanding of the concepts or processes involved in reaching conclusions.

Don't get me wrong. I make my living through computers and IS, but is it just me? Does anybody else see this as a problem? Or am I finally becoming my parents?