For one, the internet has been led to isolation. The author says, "Online shopping, checking e-mails and Web surfing - mainly solitary - activities- have turned out to be more isolating than watching television, which friends and family often do in groups. " Not only has the internet become addictive, but is shielding teenagers from the outside world and leaving them stuck inside, looking a screen. Along with being alone in a room all day, studies show that "well-connected people have actually lost friends, and experienced symptoms of loneliness and depression...". The problem is, is that teenagers are making new friends online, but instead are taking more interest in them than their relationships in the real world. Finally, some kids like
