Strollerderby

This kind of sounds like every other study about TV, video games, and the computers/the internet in general... the key is just always balance. If they're using it constantly, sure, it could become a problem... but, just like TV, video games, etc., it's just a matter of being at least semi-aware of what your kids are doing/how long they're doing it.

I think the real danger just lies in the judgment abilities of certain children... of course, the same could be said for some adults :-p So many people, regardless of age (but admittedly, especially children/teenagers), just don't think about what they're putting out there. I've been on the web almost since there's BEEN a web... and, here's my advice: if there's something that you wouldn't want someone else to see or hear about, DON'T PUT IT ON THE WEB :-p I don't care if you have things set up so that only certain people can see certain things. That might work to a certain extent... but things have a way of getting out. One way or the other, for one reason or another, things on the internet spread. It's just a fact of internet life. One great saying I learned from my father was, "The best way to keep a secret, is not to tell anybody."

So, if you think, oh, I can say something bad about my boss and it's OK because only my "friends" will see it... or I can tell this story, because my kids or my parents or my whatever will never see it... think again :-p Once you put something out there, it's out there... it doesn't matter how many walls you put up around it. Where there's walls, there are doors, and doors are very easily opened on the internet :-p So, just think very carefully about what you're putting out there.... you should always post things with the thought in mind, "Is this going to get me in a lot of trouble, if so-and-so were to see it?" Because, chances are, at least eventually, they just might :-p

You're kidding me right? Try looking up the logical fallacy post hoc ergo propter hoc; because this blurb is a fallacy for sure.

en.wikipedia.org/.../Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc

now consider for example (this is not the only one):

A teacher cited in the piece said that she has seen a great decline in how kids communicate and that they have trouble understanding each other in the real world. AND FACEBOOK DID THIS? right!

Susan Greenfield can claim anything she wants but where is the data to support her claims?  I don't buy it.

Facebook has been great for me.  I've reconnected with old friends from elementary and middle school that I never thought I'd ever see again.  I don't think such encounters would be possible if it wasn't for the internet.