I'm currently in the "misguided" group as I parent 3 kids under 10 but I appreciate your viewpoint.
I had similar experience and want my kids to learn that sense that they can accomplish anything by just learning how to do it from others on the internet.
But still, everything today is offered on a platter. There's little resistance to overcome. No installing, no files, no configuration. I think that's what we accomplish by giving the technology step by step, starting with offline machines with CD ROMs. If they can just Google any game ever made and play it in-browser in a JS emulator then where's the learning and the struggle before the reward?