As there may be many factors that influence youth to become more techno-friendly but somehow, I think it has impacted upon the belief's, values, culture, social concerns and stress level of our society. On the other hand, Outdoor games, family get together, social gatherings have been replaced by mobile phones....
Digitization have a huge impact on sharing knowledge but how we should interpret it in context of Youth??
There needs to be a sensible balance for digital use in children. I don’t think there is enough objective evidence, yet. See recent paper Advocating for a cautious, conservative approach to screen time guidelines in young children https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(18)31708-6/abstract
“pitting potential health harms against potential education benefits is not in the best interest of children, as systematic reviews of the evidence show that their learning, development, and health are tightly interconnected. It would be ideal to have better evidence about the impact of newer technologies such as mobile phones and tablets. These newer technologies and some applications may promote more active experiences, but the evidence is not available to assure us that their excessive use is any less harmful to health than earlier media technologies”
Society is ever changing socially, culturally with the advent of new technology. As now a days,digital use is a part and parcel of our life. Every change in the society is double edged sword, but youth are more in experimentation phase and acceptance is also high as compared to aged population. But cautions should be taken to avoid harmful effects and youth concern should be more towards positive aspect of the digital use approach among the youths.We should not avoid but judicious use should be there.