First of all, the Internet, one of the greatest inventions in history, brought together almost all previously invented types of telecommunications, such as the telephone, radio and television, and created new forms of communication such as online text messaging, video chatting and social networking. The ability to add and receive information on the Internet is one of the things that motivate people to go online. The simplicity of using the Internet attracts more and more people around the world, and the popularity of the Internet is also growing among the younger age group. In this sense, the variety of online information and the large amount of opportunities offered by websites attract children above all due to their curiosity to know and learn more about the world. However, as is the case with almost all technology, along with the benefits comes the negative impact of the Internet on children's overall development. This article is mainly about identifying and evaluating the positive and negative impact of the Internet on children. Therefore it will be discussed that on the one hand the Internet can have a positive influence on children's education, reading and communication skills, on the other hand the negative impact can be seen on social skills and the mental and physical health of children. children. It is important to highlight that the Internet has both a positive and negative influence on children's communication in terms of starting a conversation online without hesitation versus the fear of talking to unknown people due to violence on the web. This can be seen clearly in the Graph 1 below indicates that there has been a significant increase in the number of media types, from print to tablets. With the increase...... middle of paper......ty 13(1): 176-185. Ebscohost http://search.ebscohost.com (accessed 14 February 2011) Livingstone, S. 2009. Children and the Internet. Cambridge: Polity Press.Livingstone, S. and L. Haddon. 2009. Kids Online: Opportunities and Risks for Children. Bristol: Polity Press. LSE Research: Opportunities and risks for children online. 2010. Video Streaming. YouTube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G9kRsc4MfE&feature=relative (accessed 14 February 2011)Safer internet day 2011. 2011. Video streaming. Euronews. http://www.euronews.net/2011/02/14/safer-internet-day-2011/ (accessed 14 February 2011) Smith, P.K., J. Mahdavi, M. Carvalho, S. Fisher, S. Russell and N. Tippett. 2007. Cyberbullying: Nature and impact on secondary school pupils. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 49(4): 376–385. Ebscohost http://search.ebscohost.com (accessed February 14, 2011)