Figuring out the Internet isn’t an easy task for a young child, Dr. Danovitch pointed out. “The Internet has this weird property of being obviously not a human, but in many ways acting like one — selecting information, interacting with us,” she said. “What are kids making of it?” Some researchers are trying to figure it out. So far, most of the research has focused on school-age children, and has suggested that by kindergarten, children have a basic understanding of what computers are and what they are for.
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