Maybe instead of wondering if the iPad will change the world, we should focus on how it might change our households. Families are already reeling from the changes brought on by new technologies and the ways they have impacted our sense of privacy, manners and even the basic ways we communicate and interact. If the iPad does go from “the gadget that everyone wants but no one needs,” to “the device that we depend on to make our lives run smoothly,” here are some thoughts on what this might mean for families.

Total Toy/Tool convergence.