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NARRATOR: How is
technology changing

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childhood in the digital age?

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The media has claimed that
digital technology is making

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children lonelier, fatter, more
aggressive and less capable

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of deep thought but
research suggests

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that it could offer
opportunities for children

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to be happier, better educated
and more connected to others.

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As a new parent I worry that
technology is changing so fast

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it might outstrip my
ability to support my son's

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learning over the coming years.

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How can I ensure
that he benefits

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from the advantages
of technology

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but shield him from the dangers?

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What games should
I let him play?

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How should he
communicate with friends?

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How much screen time
is too much and why?

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Decades of research in child
psychology and childhood

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studies has helped to find
what shapes modern childhood.

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We'll draw on this
research to try and make

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sense of competing claims
made by the media, technology

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companies and new research in
this exciting but controversial

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area.

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We'll explore how
technology is changing

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the way that three to
fourteen year olds socialise,

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think, and learn.

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Are childrens' lives today
significantly different

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from our own or is
technology simply solving

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old problems in new ways?

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If you are a parent,
a teacher, or simply

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interested in this
past moving debate

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then get involved
in the discussion

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as we explore the real
impact of technology

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on children in the digital age.

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