Dads vs. Sons

Found this is in a comment thread!!!

theXenon   says:

Sad thing is, my teenage son (16) is the one who first told me about 2G1C.
Posted 14 hours ago. ( permalink )

 

Astra_Abolish says:

You dad’s wouldn’t know about jack shit were it not for awesome sons like us sending you all the weird things of the internet
Posted 13 hours ago. ( permalink )

ext237   says:

Hey Astra: Us dad’s knew enough to invent the internet, build computers from scratch and get a job to pay for your internet access. 10 years ago you kids were entertained by playing outside. Yeah, scary huh?

Spending too much time online? Maybe you’ve gone bonkers!

Excessive gaming, emailing and text messaging should be added to psychiatrys official guidebook of mental disorders, according to an article in this months American Journal of Psychiatry.

Dr Jerald J Block, the articles author, outlined four distinct symptoms displayed by sufferers. Withdrawal and an associated sense of anger or depression when users cannot reach a computer, the constant need for better equipment and the feeling of social isolation and fatigue are all signs of technology-related mental disorders.

“Attempts to measure the phenomenon are clouded by shame, denial and minimisation,” said Dr Block. The conditions are difficult to treat because internet addiction is ” resistant to treatment, entails significant risks and has high relapse rates”.

Dr Block said that the problem is most acute in South Korea where internet addiction is one of the countrys “most serious public health issues”.

“Using data from 2006, the South Korean government estimates that approximately 210,000 South Korean children are afflicted and require treatment, ” said Dr Block. South Korea set up a network of 140 tough love rehabilitation centres in November 2006 in a bid to curb the growth of internet addiction among the countrys teenaged population.

[ Source: Usability News - Internet addiction classed as Mental Disorder ]