Children Should Be Online
from the the-shrinks-say-so dept
Sherry Turkle, who's well known for her studies on "cyberculture", is now saying that it's good for children to be involved in online communities. She says in these days of latchkey kids, online communities gives children a chance to explore their identities and interact with other children. Of course, some people might question if the people they're interacting with are actually other children...
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