Finger food

CHILDREN haven’t got the strength to use a pencil properly, because being given iPads as toddlers has stopped them developing finger dexterity (Mail). Does that explain the trend of children and young adults being unable to hold a knife and fork properly, and resorting instead to the shovel and tear process?

A glance around any fast food restaurant reveals a host of youngsters unable to eat with expertise or delicacy.

Give it ten years and all food will be eaten with fingers and a spoon — is that evolution?

WENDY DOEL, Hook, Hants