TheConversation: Interactive devices allow parents to occupy their children for a time
so they can complete a range of daily activities, including catching up
with friends, shopping and eating out. But their growing use has been
accompanied by horror stories about all kinds of negative social and intellectual impacts. Unlike the passive act of watching television and videos, which has been associated with an inability to learn,
apps and games on mobile devices are interactive and provide feedback
in the form of answers and praise. They allow children to make
decisions, create, develop co-ordination skills and even socialise at
the click of an app icon. Rather than being harmed, children could actually benefit from such devices.
