Whether they are eight or ninety-eight, people who use computers experience the wonders of technology and of the world. Computers can help bring people together, and nowhere is that more important than for people who are constantly being moved apart. For example, computers allow access to e-mail, and these instant messages are becoming crucial to military families, who often have to live apart from one another and who even more regularly must settle in new communities apart from their friends.
Melody, a fifth-grader whose father is in the army, has recently lived in Kentucky, Illinois, Texas, and Colorado. While she finds it hard to always move away and sometimes watch friends
move away, her computer lets her stay in touch with friends who are scattered across the country.
The army has found that computers have made military relocations a little bit easier for the entire family because they can use the computer to find out about their new home and to stay
in touch with friends they are leaving behind.
In a study of senior citizens introduced to personal computers, self-esteem and life satisfaction were found to improve by about 5 percent as a result of computer use.
Sherer 1996
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