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Konstantina Valogianni, Professor of Information Systems and Technology, IE University

Kids and the internet: how our new tool assesses children’s ‘digital maturity’

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Technology is so ingrained in our lives that most children today are “digital natives”. Indeed, they might “speak” digital before they even learn a language, and digital natives are often asked to educate older “digital immigrants”, such as their parents, about how to use technology.

At the same time, a great many parents are concerned about the potential harms of exposing their kids to technology, screens, and the internet in particular.

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