Hmm....like I should be doing the dishes now.

oh sh!t!!!!!!!!! guess i'm an addict

AMEN!!!

my kids have very little allowed internet time.
although the do play the wii once or twice a week..

and my daughter has her my space.

i wont get her a laptop though.
if she wants one of them she gonna have to...idk what..but i dont think that would be healthy for her


jeesh im a walkin talkin double standard

Yep! Same here! But they ain't gettin done till the morning! LOL

Why do you think that your 12 yr. old brother needs a gf?

That's young, IMO.

I agree that children that are on the computer too long do lose social skills just like the ones that watch too much TV.
They also don't get enough exercise in either case.

Mine is only allowed on the computer on Saturday mornings.

I will still fill the dishwasher up. I'll just be going to bed later. AGAIN.

I'm not addicted.. and to prove it.. I'm gonna sit here and log in every five minutes to keep you updated and let you know that I'm not online and I'm doing something else

For how many hours?

Goof no addict!

I am the dishwasher.. so they are rinsed and stacked.. ready for tomorrow. I am going to bed... good nite all!

Who, moi? Couldn't be!

Well to show how dedicated I am to not being online.. I will go for a marathon at 24 hours...

Then who?

*snicker...*

4 hours? that's all?

well damn, I must be addicted to work

And he doesn't know how to socialize as a result of it. If it's not artificial stimulation, he doesn't want any of it. He shuns playing with his real friends for playing a fantasy game online. He knows people by screen names and the "race" of their characters instead of as John, Kevin, Freddy, and Vince from down the street.



When I was 12, I was out interacting with people. I knew more people from the neighborhood than most kids. If I wasn't closely acquainted with them, I at least knew them from being around. Regardless of the time of year, it's just about impossible to get him out of the house without some sort of bribe.

Instead of getting with a group of kids his age and having snowball fights (which we now have more than enough snow for), he'd rather stay inside and talk with a bunch of faceless creatures about killing an ogre that's terrorizing the village, and then do nothing about it.

If he gets herpes later in life because he was "too friendly" then it's his own damn fault for not screening his partners better. If he ends up with a kid, then it's his and his mate's fault for not practicing safe sex. Hell, I'm the only one in my family, who's old enough to responsibly procreate, that hasn't. All of my cousins (except one) are married with kids. The single one doesn't believe in monogamy and got his from a drunken one night stand. My older brother has one because he wasn't careful enough, and my little sister has three because she doesn't seem to know what birth control is (even though it's been pounded in to her skull since she was 10), or how to say "no".

People, like dogs, that are not socialized at an early age, and continue that face-to-face interaction, are more likely to lead jacked up lives down the road. If your dog doesn't meet other humans, or even other animals, they can go nuts when someone/another animal gets anywhere near close to them. Same thing happens to human beings. If they aren't social, they tend to get very withdrawn and awkward around others.

Besides, what healthy 12 year old boy isn't obsessed with having a "girlfriend?" It's perfectly natural as the hormones begin to take over more of his "rational thinking" to turn towards girls, or at least something sexual on some level.

OG

i'm not addicted....by no means,hold on i have to google myself to see if i'm addicted first and i'll let ya'll know

I was once logged on to the net for a whole week....course I slept most of that week, but hey, I was dedicated to being an addict.