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Most children in France now have access to information and communication technology (ICT) at home. Based on the ecological systems model developed by Bronfenbrenner (1979; 1986), this study aimed to assess the influence of environment—home internet use (techno-subsystem, Johnson 2010a) and family socioeconomic characteristics (microsystem)—on children’s social and emotional adjustment (ontosystem), depending on gender. Questionnaires were administered to 498 children (244 boys and 254 girls) aged nine to twelve years old, and to their parents. Indicators of home internet use accounted for a greater proportion of the variation in children’s social and emotional adjustment than indicators of their parents’ socioeconomic status.