However, some people are concerned that computers stifle creativity because of their mechanistic and algorithmic nature. A real life experience is thought about then created as an abstract entity on the computer. Other advantages of using word processing and graphics is the enhancement of the child's ability to organize, research, revise, and print attractive homework.
Many children are more knowlegeable about the computer than their parents.
Often this allows an opportunity to teach the adult. This leads us to the socio-emotional advantages of young children using technology . They used a software package called Bubble Dialogue to help assess communication through role-playing. In the past this software has been used only for educational purposes but Jones and Selby found it very helpful for child therapy. The nature of the program is that a conversation takes place between the child and adult, not face to face, but rather by pretending to be a particular character on the computer screen.