Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/computers-for-infants-and-young-children/5012344/
The fastest growing crop of educational software is so called lapware for infants and toddlers from six months to two years. As the term lapware implies, this software is targeted to an infant who is seated upon her parent's lap. While a limited exposure of children three years and older to computers can be justified, a comparable case cannot be made for infants and toddlers. The parent's lap notwithstanding, the use of computers with the very young carries many more risks than it does benefits. In this article I will present a cost/benefit analysis of computer use for the two age groups - infancy and toddlerhood (ages 0-2) and the preschool years (ages 3-5).At the outset, I want to make clear that I am not opposed to technology or to computers. Technology and computers are simply tools that can be used for good or ill. It is the misuse of technology in general, and of computers in particular, that can do harm to children.
n Infancy and Toddlerhood
The following is the sales pitch for a lapware program called Colors designed for infants and young children.
"Does your child know his primary colors? Colors sounds and graphics will capture the young one's attention ...