“They are a generation abandoning print and paper”

Interesting article in The Guardian today: “Internet generation leave parents behind“…

• children are spending increasing amounts of their lives in front of televisions, computers and games consoles, cramming in nearly six hours of screen time a day
• from the age of seven, children are building multimedia hubs in their rooms, with games consoles, internet access and MP3 players
• reading books is falling out of favour – 84% said they read for pleasure in 2006, 80% in 2007 and 74% this year
• one in three said the computer is the single thing they couldn’t live without
• pupils are using the internet less while at school, frustrated by the low-tech access and the restrictions put in place to stop them from accessing inappropriate material
• they are a generation abandoning print and paper, and the whole integration of technology and the way they glide from one to the other is seamless