The Internet

The internet has become a very powerful tool and has many different uses, from email to news and even a very powerful research tool. Socially speaking, the Internet has created a destructive addiction, especially in adolescents. In Today’s Society, the use of Internet is hardly regulated; Adolescents take advantage of this fact to surf the net with no restrictions. They surf pornographic pages and chat with people they do not even know and who they will probably never meet in the real world in the famous chat rooms. They also use Internet to play games on line which are highly addictive and violent. Many adolescents have suffered and withdrawn from society and even have become addicted to the internet.

Many adolescents at high school suffer from Internet Addiction. This addiction is conceived of as a compulsive behavior, or craving for connectedness. Computer use is increasingly becoming integrated into daily life, and so both the temptations and opportunities for "addiction" seem to continue increasing especially in adolescents who are undergoing family or personality problems or just find in the Internet the companion they do not have in their lives. Are all teens susceptible to this danger? No. Some will always be casual users; some may just go through phases of intense internet use. The ones who do fall prey to the net most likely are experiencing problems in their real lives. Cyberspace becomes an escape, a place to vent, a place to act out or even cry out for help.

Academic performance at school is another aspect to consider when dealing with adolescents who are addicted to the Internet. They definitely miss a lot of school or arrive late, due to the fact that they cannot pull themselves away from the computer at night to go to sleep and have trouble getting out of bed the next morning. Most can’t discipline themselves from accomplishing what they need to do for their academics, before they start surfing or playing games or chatting online. With this kind...