Introduction
Whenever picturing young children, and the essence of childhood we are drawn to the idea of imagination; a child making a spaceship out of a paper box, or children laughing and playing while exploring the great outdoors. These types of images have been ingrained into our head by images like the one pictured here, and through media and advertisements. This type of childhood model is known as the romantic child. While we all seem to love picturing this lifestyle, our era seems to have different plans. We now live in an ever-increasing fast paced society, where technological advances happen in the blink of an eye. Being born into this society, children are now being molded into a way of life, that is being exposed to technology at a much younger age, creating a new model of childhood; "Child of the Digital Era."