Kids Are Our Future

My son who is 14-year-old, loves internet so much, he has been sitting at his computer all day except school hours, surfing internet. I am really worried about his physical and mental health. Dose anyone has same experience? Dose anyone can share with us how he/she help the kids on this problem?

The Internet has changed the way we access the world, which gives us more freedom to communicate with millions of people globally, get more information with less space and time limitation. Kids enjoy internet so much, because they are curious for everything like eager little sponges.

However, the internet just likes the real world, today’s society, which indispensably has bad sides. The easy access to information from different countries is also at the root of parental and community concerns about children’s exposure to inappropriate materials and experiences. Real-world threats like hate speech, harassment, and stalking exist in cyberspace. Particularly pornography and sexual predators—issues can pose hazards to our children most.

The Internet opens an innovative gateway to virtually unlimited wealth of knowledge and information to us. The World Wide Web goes deeply into our culture and everyday lives, from educational medium to online banking and shopping.

For kids, the Internet can be a marvelous resource. They can use it access to world-wide educational materials, publications to hone their reading skills; make online friends, build online friendship to improve their social skills; improve writing skill by pen pals; learning deeper knowledge beyond school by subject-matter experts; and enjoy information on hobbies, games, and sports. Even 1-year-old toddlers watch video program by youtube.com these days.

There’s no doubt that many of today’s kids benefit enormously from online access.