Summary Of The Digital Parent Trap

In an era where electronics, digital gadgets, and technology has become explosive, taking over and consuming the world, there is the question of whether this is beneficent or maleficent for our society. In her article “The Digital Parent Trap,” Eliana Dockterman discusses this present-day, controversial topic on whether to include or exclude technology from children in schools. Dockterman uses a variety of techniques in order to strengthen her claim and persuade the audience in that technology should be included in the learning curriculum of children with the usage of a statistical data, claims from distinguished persons, and real-life situations.

In her opening paragraph, Eliana Dockterman directly puts forward the statistical claim: “...this