"The problem isn't widespread but we know of serious cases in which teenagers don't leave the house, don't have interpersonal relationships, and have been isolated in front of their computer screen for the past two or three years, and only speak in the language of the characters they play with in network video games. ... In a few years we'll have couples in therapy because the Internet will have become their main occupation." (Source: sciencedaily.com)
Labels: internet, addictions
Posted By: Aspen Education Group
We try to drag the kids out every one in while. They are still young enough to respect authority and come. Still the joy with which they went for picnics and outings when they were 2 - 4 is no longer there.
I rate this as a problem to be resolved in our household. Thank God, it's not overblown yet.