With an increase in the use of technology by children, it is natural that there is also an increase in negative views about technology and it's impact on a child's attention. But is this negative viewpoint valid?
The Huffington Post has a blog geared towards parents and those involved with children. Diana Graber, with the Huffington Post published a blog discussing this confusion between technology and the attention of children. Like most, she too believed that technology was shortening or damaging the attention spans of children. However, she explains that new data contradicts earlier findings on the subject, further suggesting an ever changing world. Grader provides quotations and evidences from professions who are convinced that our children's availability to technology will results in children with much higher cognitive ability that ever before. Graber even explains that there is a great balance that much be achieved in technology and the time we spend using it. To read to full article, click here.