It’s a very different childhood to the one we experienced.
SEVEN in 10 Australian households have access to the internet at home, one in five of us want to work less and the most popular physical activity is walking, the latest data on social trends shows.
Four out of every five children aged 5-14 use the internet, making them the digital generation, and 86 per cent of households with children aged under 15 have access to the internet at home, the latest Australian social trends study from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.
Eighty five per cent of children used the internet for educational activities, 69 per cent played online games, 47 per cent used the internet to download music and 22 per cent used it for social networking.
Only two out of three households without children had access to the internet at home, the study found.
Tags: Children, Digital Technology, Education, Information Technology, Internet, IT, kids, life, Parenting, Social-networking, technology
Topical Teaching 
July 2, 2011 at 11:51 pm |
Hello
“Eighty five per cent of children used the internet for educational activities”.This is happy news!
July 2, 2011 at 11:55 pm |
No doubt! The internet is a brilliant educational tool. I hope that stat is right.