Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America
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Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am · Jul 2005
ReviewThe internet and children: advantages and disadvantages.
This article examines how the Internet has entered children's lives and notes some of its potential positive and negative influences on children. Although the Internet's effects on a given child vary based on each child's characteristics and how the child uses the Internet, adults still must have a fundamental understanding of these general potentials. ⋯ Whether a child uses the Internet and how a child uses the Internet significantly impact the Internet's influence on him or her. A child's personality and developmental needs also inevitably modify the Internet's influence on him or her.