<div>Vicki and Geraldine talk to Ellen Helsper, Professor of Digital Inequalities at LSE, about why giving children laptops isn’t enough.</div><div><br/></div><div>Talking points:</div><div><br/></div><div>- Why does social disadvantage so often turn into into digital disadvantage?</div><div>- Will the gap between the digital haves and have-nots widen, stay the same, or get smaller as more people are exposed to tech?</div><div>- Why have we been so bad at teaching children the real digital skills they need to thrive online?</div>

25: Is tech ruining Generation Z?

Welcome to ‘Tech Shock’ – the new podcast from Parent Zone! Vicki Shotbolt and Geraldine Bedell are your hosts, looking at how digital technology is affecting family life.  They’ll help explain its mysteries to parents, teachers, professionals and policymakers; looking at whether streaming platforms are encouraging young people to make porn, whether online lives are creating a generation of gamblers and whether there are too many men on the internet.  So subscribe now, rate the podcast, and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Monday morning for a new episode of ‘Tech Shock – from Parent Zone’.