http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/war-declared-on-instant-messenger-how-to-stop-your-child-from-wasting-their-life-away-online/ To Inspire with Ideas and Practical Tips on Parenting Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:36:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/war-declared-on-instant-messenger-how-to-stop-your-child-from-wasting-their-life-away-online/#comment-5633 Candice Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:52:45 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/war-declared-on-instant-messenger-how-to-stop-your-child-from-wasting-their-life-away-online/#comment-5633 This is very well written- it has concerned me for many years that kids have become so proficient at the personal computer. Is this at the risk of not relating well to people- yes they are experts at communication devices, but what about communication. It seems like all this IMing and texting is an addiction fullfilling the need for instant gradification- this kind of instant gradification doesn't really yeild long term results. Kid Fairy http://www.blogger.com/profile/32951077 This is very well written- it has concerned me for many years that kids have become so proficient at the personal computer. Is this at the risk of not relating well to people- yes they are experts at communication devices, but what about communication.
It seems like all this IMing and texting is an addiction fullfilling the need for instant gradification- this kind of instant gradification doesn’t really yeild long term results.
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