Zócalo Public Square

At a Zocalo/UCLA event at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, moderated by science journalist Eryn Brown, UCLA Children’s Digital Media Center researcher Yalda Uhls, High Tech Los Angeles principal Marsha Rybin, and RAND educational policy researcher Lindsay Daugherty explained how you can teach children to use Smartphones and other digital technology in health ways. They said children, even young children, should be able to use technology, but they should be protected from technological overuse that can lead to addiction and anti-social behavior.