These are critical questions and, unfortunately, the answers are not particularly favourable.
Here are three important points for consideration:
We live in a world of increasingly demanding technology – that is a fact that we cannot ignore. But that does not mean we should deprive young children of essential life and developmental skills by allowing technology to override their natural and innate need to learn through active engagement with their world and all that it offers.
In short, little children do not need devices; they need trees and building blocks, puzzles and crayons.