Parents and technology...not a good combination

Technology is taking over everything! Okay...maybe not everything, but it's becoming part of a lot of things. Including parenting. There have been several new apps for the ever popular iphones/pods that can make you the "best parent you could be". Or maybe not. I don't think that parents should rely on technology to discipline their children, because maybe sometimes, the app isn't right. Parents should learn to trust themselves, because when they are using technology, it isn't them who is parenting, but the app. True, they are administering it, but the child would see the countdown on the ipod/iphone, and feel that it is in control, not their parents. What ever happened to "sit in your room" or "no T.V for a week", things that parents could do themselves? Are parents so weak that they cannot parent for themselves? (not all parents <-generalization!)