Crown Princess Letizia Opens Technology and Childhood Conference
At Madrid’s San Pablo University yesterday, Crown Princess Letizia was on hand to inaugurate a European conference on the effects of technology on children.
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The conference, which drew about 120 researchers from Spain and throughout Europe, questioned whether modern technology will or will not harm children’s development.
“Who will ultimately accompany the child in their growth in their overall development, are the parents, and are more concerned to find elements in new technologies that help people become responsible, intelligent, open, generous citizens solidarity and mature beings capable of putting yourself in the other,” Letizia said in her opening speech.
“Therefore, this seminar is of so much interest and has so much to offer, because the whole society, not just parents, are responsible for training these human beings who are the children,” stated the Crown Princess, who said how children “eagerly receive all that is broadcasted in the communication environments.”
The conference discussed the issue of children and technology in three steps: the first was how to protect young people from new technology, the second was how to deal with new technology and education. The last topic was about the review of regulations to protect children.
