It's commercial-free radio. She's swapped CDs with a friend. She's downloading music from Napster or one of the other emerging music-sharing sites. You peek into your son's room where he's busy at the computer, and upon seeing you, he immediately hits a button on the keyboard to change the screen. He's always in the midst of toggling between the Internet and his homework.
Kids are just prone to excessive key tapping.
Their worries may turn out to be unfounded, but they are right to be suspicious. And while technology is changing the way kids live in many positive ways, it's also presenting them with an unfamiliar set of moral issues. While kids are great at the button pressing, keyboard toggling, and wire connecting parts of technology, they lack the necessary experience it takes to make certain judgment calls. Therein lies the paradox of digital kids' moral lives. Here's a look at some of the areas that need our attention.