Could earlier be better?
Kids with their abundant curiosity would surely take to the internet easily. In addition, another push factor would be schools which today use the internet as a general resource and a platform for assignments and communication.
If greater internet experience increases brain health, such early exposure to the internet thus may be a good thing for stimulating brain development.
Perhaps this means kids are more likely to live to a ripe old age, continuing to be as mentally active as in their earlier years. Noting that this UCLA study is the first of its kind to measure the impact of internet use on the brain, further research would help increase understanding of this area.
Additional benefit?
With kids' younger brains and more agile thought processes, the payback from such youthful internet use could be the higher potential of stimulating new ways of thinking that could help blaze new trails of human progress, technological or otherwise.
However, parental and relevant stakeholder guidance would continue to be recommended and needed to ensure that the kids' natural exuberance does not lead instead to potential internet addiction.
Barring that, you could well be helping to nurture the next great innovative mind in the mould of a Bill Gates, Steve Job, or better!
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