Google+ Authentic Parenting: The Internet is Destroying Our
Children. Or Making Them Stronger. Who Knows!  Thursday, July 4,
2013   Using social media is making our children depressed.
Online games help our children to multi-task at speed. Video
games are reducing our children's ability to focus for any
period of time. Social media is allowing more shy children to
express themselves. Children who spend too much time on
electronic games show higher incidences of obesity. The Internet
is a fabulous learning resource for children. The Internet warps
our children's minds.  Each of these is a finding from a
different recent report on children's interaction with our
rapidly evolving technology landscape. It's a confusing mix of
messages designed more, in my view, to grab attention than to
create a constructive way forward for children and technology.
Headlines aren't usually made by balanced comments. And too many
commentators are leaping onto opposing bandwagons that try to
paint online games, social media or the