New technology: helping or harming children?

While it runs the risk of sounding clichéd, it is, nonetheless, important to acknowledge that new technology has had, and continues to have a massive impact upon society— or, more accurately, developed societies. This technology includes computers and their software, the internet and its innumerable protocols, digital storage devices, web and digital cameras, and mobile phones. These developments— which are ongoing—have radically altered our ability to obtain and manage information, and a wide variety of other materials. Moreover, they have drastically changed the way in which we communicate with one another and interact more generally. This is relevant as much to our professional as our personal lives, and as much to children (including young people) as adults