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  • Essay / Internet: Using the Internet - 1993

    Children today rarely go out to play. They complain if they have to go out. Instead of making friends with neighborhood kids, they prefer to make friends with strangers on the Internet. Children care more about how people think about them online. Since they spend countless hours on the Internet, they don't know what's happening in the real world. The children were recently asked some history questions. None of them knew when the Civil War started, but if they were asked the question which celebrity was dating who. They knew these answers instantly. This shows that children are not paying attention in school and are paying a lot of attention to the online world. When children come home from school, they log on to the computer as soon as they can. They will do their homework quickly, which will cause them to fail. As they spend countless hours on the internet, it disrupts their sleep schedule. They will stay awake until three or four in the morning and sleep until noon or one in the afternoon. Children don't understand the concept of the Internet and how it can ruin their lives. They won't understand how to do certain things in the future. The Internet affects children's socialization. They can talk to someone online, but they can't even hold a conversation with the child sitting next to them in class. They don't know what normal children do. They're going to throw a fit right