I believe that time online should be limited for teens because time spent online often interferes with family time and school work. Another couple of reasons are that allowing the internet only at certain times encourages disciplined internet use, blocking specific times of the day reduces online temptations, and blocking specific times of the day helps to establish parental authority. Overusing the internet can be a terrible habit, it really does prevent you to work done, unless the work is online. Teens tend to get distracted obsessive when it comes to technology. Sure, our minds want to explore the world of the internet and communicate with others/socialize , but it does interfere with getting homework done and other things outside the computer
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The compulsion to always be online has been a growing problem amongst them. Some speak of “Internet addiction,” the need for “digital detox,” or the need for families to “unplug.” By having times set when internet use is allowed, parents can train their teens to spend their online hours wisely. If kids know they have a two hour window in the evening to be online, they will limit the amount of time they spend doing frivolous or unproductive activities. When it comes to doing homework on the computer, usually it starts off fine, but after a while, they eventually get a little tired and start searching other websites and get …show more content…
This issue is so pervasive it actually has a name, “the online disinhibition effect.” These online temptations come in many forms, but they fall under two general,but different categories, content and conversation. Content is when teens can easily access inappropriate information and images online. Pornography, sites about anorexia and bulimia, and sites with profane humor can be more tempting to access when no one is awake or around to see them. Conversation is when teens are more likely to engage in unwise conversations online in the early hours of morning when no one is around and they are not thinking straight. They also might say something slanderous to someone they know and become a
The compulsion to always be online has been a growing problem amongst them. Some speak of “Internet addiction,” the need for “digital detox,” or the need for families to “unplug.” By having times set when internet use is allowed, parents can train their teens to spend their online hours wisely. If kids know they have a two hour window in the evening to be online, they will limit the amount of time they spend doing frivolous or unproductive activities. When it comes to doing homework on the computer, usually it starts off fine, but after a while, they eventually get a little tired and start searching other websites and get …show more content…
This issue is so pervasive it actually has a name, “the online disinhibition effect.” These online temptations come in many forms, but they fall under two general,but different categories, content and conversation. Content is when teens can easily access inappropriate information and images online. Pornography, sites about anorexia and bulimia, and sites with profane humor can be more tempting to access when no one is awake or around to see them. Conversation is when teens are more likely to engage in unwise conversations online in the early hours of morning when no one is around and they are not thinking straight. They also might say something slanderous to someone they know and become a