As it happens, Gideon was not in the majority. This summer, Calvert and her team will release the results of their study, which show that most of the time, children around age 32 months go with the character who is telling the truth, whether its Elmo or DoDoand quickly come to trust the one whos been more accurate when the children dont already know the answer. But Calvert says this merely suggests that toddlers have become even more savvy users of technology than we had imagined. She had been working off attachment theory, and thought toddlers might value an emotional bond over the correct answer. But her guess is that something about tapping the screen, about getting feedback and being corrected in real time, is itself instructive, and enables the toddlers to absorb information accurately, regardless of its source.
Calvert takes a balanced view of technology: she works in an office surrounded by hardcover books, and she sometimes edits her drafts with pen and paper. But she is very interested in how the iPad can reach children even before theyre old enough to access these traditional media.
People say we are experimenting with our children, she told me. But from my perspective, its already happened, and theres no way to turn it back. Childrens lives are filled with media at younger and younger ages, and we need to take advantage of what these technologies have to offer. Im not a Pollyanna. Im pretty much a realist. I look at what kids are doing and try to figure out how to make the best of it.
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