Question by desmeran: if your kids were showing signs of an internet addiction?
would you keep luring them back on or would you cut off the computer access entirely?
people, my email is on (temporarily).
i am going to pick up my kids but will check it later.
you are a very persistent but lovable lot.
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Answer by Asher
I would pour honey over the computer and when they came to lick the honey off they would notice all the fun, interesting things and be back on the net.
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I let them set limits for themselves and help them enforce them *smile* But I would encourage them to at least not exclude themselves from ALL bits of fun!
Cut it.
However, Im the parent and in control of my Y!A addiction lol
I would never let it get to that point. Kids under 12 need a time limit on TV and internet usage. Kid over 12 can have more access, but still need limits.
i use 2b addicted2 da internet also as so my mama says so n order 2keep me off so long she set hrs on da computer. the only way i could get on is wen its was between the hrs she choose an if i had her password wen it wasnt time.
I don’t know that I’d be able to get past my own convoluted justifications for my addiction in order to recognize it in them…
No, but really, I’d try to help them figure out how to enjoy the internet in moderation, to branch out & do other things, too.
I would tell them that I support their decision, but that they need to let all the people with whom they were in contact on a regular basis that they were going elsewhere.
True story.
SHE SAID THAT WE WERE LOVEABLE!!!!!!!!!
if i was in a pissy mood i would let them play. but if i was fine and stuff i would limit their access. or if they maintained their grades and did good. i guess they can play but i would make sure nothing wrong is going on. thats what i think i would do. my son is a smarty at computers and is only 17 months lol. turns the monitor on and off. knows what goes in the disk drive and opens it to shove discs in it.. i think i may have a on the way to be a computer addict lol
i would cut off the computer access•
If my kids needed their CONTACTS, I would encourage them to come back from time to time;)
I would definately limit their internet access!
But gosh, what if your kid comes up to you and says ‘mom/dad, I think you have an internet problem’??? LOL What whould WE say???
I’d limit their time, like they can not go on after 10pm (because internet addiction effects sleep) & only after they’ve done homework & any house chores.
definitely limit them to maybe 1 hour a day at most. every kid needs limits, they’re still developing self control
Depends on many factors.
But in this case….we’d help him/her find a replacment.
The computer would have to go bye-bye. For everyone in the house.
All the best.
if you really think they are “addicted” then cut off all access to the computer. They don’t NEED it!
Maybe my younger sister is an extreme example, but she let her internet addiction ruin her teen years. She started chatting and role playing at the age of 12. She faked being ill. In junior high, she missed a lot because of this and because my parents were taking her to the doctor and specialists. She missed 1/3 of her 7th grade school year and 1/2 of her 8th grade year. When the doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with her, she started claiming that she was suicidal and nearly missed all of her 9th grade year. By 10th grade, she dropped out of school.
She is 21 years old now and she rents my parent’s basement apartment with her boyfriend whom she met online. My sister has a part time job online and makes $4,000 a year. They are slobs. Their rooms are filthy and their personal hygiene isn’t as good as it could be. They literally spend all night on the internet and sleep until 4:00 in the afternoon. If they go outside, it’s so they can take pictures of themselves to post online. (No, I’m not kidding.) She has let herself become obese because my mom stopped cooking meals for her. She now just eats ready-to-eat foods such as ice cream sandwiches, oatmeal cream pies, chips, etc. Just a couple years ago she was petite. It bothers me to see her neglecting her health so much. My mom feeds my sister’s pets on a daily basis and keeps them clean. She has tried letting my sister care for her pets herself, but in that week period, two of them died from neglect. My sister doesn’t have all that many pets now, but up until a year ago she was almost an animal hoarder. A lot of people joke that they’re addicted to the internet, but I almost feel that my little sister’s addiction is on the level of alcoholism.
Because I’ve seen my sister ruin her life, I’d probably kind of go into a panic if my children started to become addicted. As of now, they don’t use the computer. In the future, I’d try limiting it if I thought they were having a problem. If that didn’t fix it, I’d take it away and maybe even go as far as getting them a therapist that specializes in addiction.
If it were my children..the internet would be cut off from them unless it was for school.. I on the other hand… well, i guess this is a situation of “do as i say, not as i do!” LOL
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Duh, I’d kick them off my computer.
How dare they try and copy my addiction.
get rid of the computor… duhhh
aw, geez…i haven’t even solved my own YA addiction yet!
maybe set limits on the use of the computer using a timer, and the loss of privileges if they do not comply. introduce a new hobby to them. kids are easily swayed anyway.
and then maybe therapy for me. lol!