New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- The Vanishing Childhood

Growing Up Online: The Hidden Cost of Constant Connectivity

Children Need Roots, Not Just Clicks

A seven-year-old sits quietly in a room full of family members. Nobody is arguing. Nobody is upset. Yet there is little conversation. The child is absorbed in a smartphone, scrolling through an endless stream of videos. Increasingly, this scene is becoming the new face of childhood, raising concerns about what children are losing as they gain unprecedented access to the digital world.

The concern is not that technology exists, but that it increasingly replaces many of the real-life experiences that help children develop resilience, independence, and meaningful human conn...