All Rights Reserved Kids are smarter. Not all kids, alas. Five years ago we already knew that kids learned computer technology more easily than adults. What we're seeing now is that they don't even need to be taught. It is as if children were waiting all these centuries for someone to invent their native language.
Adults are more terrified.
They fear losing control to a younger generation that is more digitally nimble. Because parents can't understand what their kids are doing on the Web, there are calls for a level of censorship and control of communication that no dictator has ever enjoyed. They have been proven to be correct, or to actually exist, usually by scientists or other experts. Someone's opinion might or might not be correct or true. Often times, an opinion about a certain topic or idea is based on how a person feels about it.