The Dual Problems We Are Solving
Education and the changing Web3 job market
What is the average age a child is first exposed to technology and the internet?
Eight? Ten? Twelve years old?
Via streaming cartoons and games, the answer is between three and five years old. In North America, the age a child has their first smart phone or iPad is as low as six. For any parent, that is a scary statistic to learn.
Over the next twenty years the internet will become omnipresent. Digital personas, avatars, in-game assets and characters gaining more importance than their real life equivalents to many. From work and education, to entertainment and gaming, the majority of our children’s lives will be played out on digital platforms.
It’s an incredible, wonderful future. One of connection, community, access and sovereignty.
Unfortunately, for all the opportunity, there is a dark side to the internet, and it is children who suffer the most.
The Facts
37% of young people between the ages of 12 and 17 have been bullied online. 30% have had it happen more than once.
95% of teenagers in the U.S. are online, and the vast majority access the internet on their mobile device.
23% of students reported that they’ve said or done something mean or cruel to another person online.
Girls are more likely than boys to be both victims and perpetrators of cyber bullying. 15% of teen girls have been the target of at least four different kinds of abusive online behaviors.
Young people who experience cyberbullying are at a greater risk than those who don’t for both self-harm and suicidal behaviors.
83% of young people believe social media companies should be doing more to tackle cyberbullying on their platforms.
60% of young people have witnessed online bullying. Most do not intervene.
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