Proposal for a Network Communication Environment to Support Daily Dialogue between Young Children and Grandparents

Abstract

This study attempted to build a system environment that would lead to diversification in human relationships by enabling communication between a child and grandparent via the Internet using a computer. The day-to-day dialogue with a grandparent is realized via the Internet by employing a medium that would give direction to the dialogue and thereby enliven the communication. Along with presenting the possibilities of ICT to increase the opportunities for communication with people, which is indispensable for a child’s development, by increasing the communication with close relatives, the study succeeded in presenting a new relationship with computers for a child that is different from the conventional software for children.