Be simple: Simple words can convey ideas much better.

When it comes to the use of the Net to children, it is rather hard to say that it is equally good for children of all age groups or it is equally bad for all. It is easier to say that, if they are directed well, the Internet has much to offer for all children. So it is right to ask another question whether it is the Net that is wrong or it is the way we and our children use the Net that makes the issue more serious.

Unfortunately, what happens is this that today, most of the children need to stay online as part of their studies, and many children are very much in need of inputs for their studies, researches and paper works. Obviously, they get enough access to computers from their school itself. And most of the homes these days have their own computers. It is either for their parents’ use or for the children themselves. This is a convenience, and many children happen to stay online even when they have their parents around.
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Here you may ask, is it not fair for parents to control their kids. Of course, they can do it. But it would do more harm than good because most of the nuclear parents these days are either employees or occupied with some income earning activities. Naturally, children get a lot a parent-free time. Here lies the problem that all the controls will go lose the moment they find their parents away. They go into doing all sorts of searches and findings. Here another question may come up.

Why can’t, then, parent install some child-safe programmes so that access to certain sites could be denied? It is possible of course. But we all need to know that our neighbourhood is full of internet cafes and booths where what is waiting for our children is nothing but limitless access to anything and everything from across the world. Let us be conscious here. Kids are kids. They try to get what they need to get.

What are we going to do with our children and the Net? It is simple, the answer I mean. We have to have a healthy parent-children understanding which would make both parties trust each other so that there is always room for control and freedom at the same time.
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Computers and their possibilities are here to stay. So are our kids. In such a scenario, what we need is the intelligence to make use of the Net both for the welfare and all round development of ourselves and our children.

Therefore, let us not blame the Net. Let us blame the way we let our kids harness its possibilities. Our children need to, I repeat, our children need to be online. Stopping them is like clipping their wings of inquisitiveness. They may eventually fail to become independent learners. The latter, making one an independent learner, is the very purpose of education. The former, being inquisitive, is what children are known for. That is what I feel. 500 words