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Young Kids Increasingly Use the Internet Regularly

Lots of kids younger than 6 can’t even read, but literacy — or lack thereof — is hardly an obstacle when it comes to Childhood 2.0: a quarter of kids under age 6 are venturing online regularly, according to data released this week by the research organization affiliated with Sesame Street. Meanwhile, 59% of their older brothers and sisters — ages 6 to 9 — access the Internet on a typical weekday.

Baby dies while parents play online

Slate.com reported on a horrifying story yesterday about parents who, after giving birth to a child with some health complications, whiled away their time raising a cyber baby and left their real-world infant to starve. The South Korean parents met online, and soon developed a romantic relationship that resulted in the birth of a premature [...]