The issue focused on the role of technology in digital devices, whether computers and tablets are good for children's development or not.

A document put out by the PCPhoE also reported that 60% of parents said they were concerned about their child using technology to develop computer skills.

In an age when internet access is often free, especially on smartphones, some fear that children will be better off being given electronic gadgets as a form of media than getting access to computer software.

But others say