A window for children
It is through the window that a child makes first contact with
the external world -- discovering the culture of others, forming a
vision of the world, building the basis of beliefs. And then having
just encountered this world, a new skylight opens.
It is the television, where zapping brings the child to every
part of the world and opens new magic vistas. Sometimes it also
brings the violence of fiction or of reality. Hardly does the child
begin to appreciate these wonders, and still another window shakes
the old habits and seeks to grab attention:Internet.
This new space for free expression keeps the child busy, alone or
with others. One need only click to consult, to navigate, to
communicate with someone at the other end of the world. Through this
space for free expression and pleasure, the child discovers a
virtual but interactive world where images flow constantly sometimes
instructive, sometimes shocking.
The child has to learn to make the best use of these resources